+++ Karl Olsen [05-05-25 22:14 +0200]: > On Friday, May 13, 2005 3:43 AM [GMT+1=CET], > Charles Manning wrote: > > >On Friday 13 May 2005 03:55, Karl Olsen wrote: > > >>I am using yaffs on Linux 2.6.11.5, based on the Frank Rowand > >>patches from 2004-12-16. I was having some problems, so I wanted to > >>try the current version, fetched as "Download tarball" from > >>http://www.aleph1.co.uk/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/yaffs/ . According to > >>the CVS entries, some things have been fixed since last December. > >> > >>But after trying the patch-ker.sh (and adding the real yaffs files to > >>fs/yaffs and the missing "obj-$(CONFIG_YAFFS_FS) += yaffs/" to > >>fs/Makefile), it didn't compile at all. It looks like none of the > >>necessary fixes that Frank Rowand made have been applied to CVS. Is > >>there an up-to-date version somewhere, or what am I doing wrong? > > > >Some of Frank's patches were applied to what was in CVS, but not all. > >Some were pretty much the same thing done a different way. > > I am sorry but I can only find one change related to Frank Rowand, the > kill_block_super vs. kill_litter_super in yaffs_fs.c. He made many changes > that were necessary to make the code compile under Linux 2.6. For example, > he added "#include " at the top of many files, and without > this in yaffs_mtdif.c, the functions in that file would never be compiled at > all. yaffs_mtdif.c is described as version 1.10, 8 months old (from Sep 19 > 2004). The files under yaffs2/ look similar. > > I am looking at the "access the repository over the web" > (http://www.aleph1.co.uk/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ ). Are there updated yaffs > files available elsewhere? Nope - those are the right version. Looks like Charles has forgotten to check something in. There are yaffs and yaffs2 modules - it's possible some changes are in one and not the other? Thanx for checking up - we should make sure Franks patches don't get lost. Wookey -- Aleph One Ltd, Bottisham, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 9BA, UK Tel +44 (0) 1223 811679 work: http://www.aleph1.co.uk/ play: http://www.chaos.org.uk/~wookey/