Hello Sergey, I'm afraid I haven't got your allusions... Anyway, you might want to learn more about main principles of modularity. Best regards, Vitaly Sergey Kubushyn wrote: >On Sun, 29 Jan 2006, Vitaly Wool wrote: > >Guys, can you explain what is the need for such a change in the first place? >Another round of confusion? Forcing everybody to upgrade their painfully >crafted kernels (your CVS version won't apply to e.g. 2.6.12 kernel that was >the last one before rather major change in ARM architecture, will it?)? > >Why don't just fix YAFFS2 itself to make it work with a stock kernel? It's >easy to do and the appropriate patch is out for quite a long time, tested >and works for everyone. Patch for YAFFS2 it is, not for kernel. > >Occam was a wise man so it does make sence to use his razor... Belly cover >weared without a need is harmful (C) K.Prutkov .... > > > >>Hi Charles, >> >>no it's not yet in CVS. I think I'll be able to commit it if we get any >>positive feedback on this patch (i. e. if it's actually working for >>anyone else than me :)) >>As for write_oobfree, it looks to be useful for JFFSx to stop messing >>with oobinfos in JFFSx code. >> >>Best regards, >> Vitaly >> >>Charles Manning wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Friday 27 January 2006 01:51, Vitaly Wool wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi Yuri, >>>> >>>>well, lemme just summarize what you hafta do in order to make YAFFS2 >>>>work with my patches. >>>> >>>>1. Apply the following patch to the mtd code: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2005-December/014648.html >> >> >>>>(yes, it's a single patch!) >>>>2. Modify the fs/yaffs2/yaffs_mtdif2.c to use >>>> >>>> >>read_oobfree/write_oobfree >> >> >>>>where appropriate. >>>> >>>>Hope that helps, >>>> >>>> Vitaly >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Hi Vitaly >>> >>>Is this in CVS yet? If not, I hope it will be there soon. >>> >>>From what I see, this is going to be just what we need. >>> >>>YAFFS2 does not need to write_oobfree as a seperate function (it is >>>always written as a single page write). YAFFS2 only needs >>> >>> >>read_oobfree. >> >> >>>However, YAFFS1 could use the write_oobfree function at some future >>>date if YAFFS1 gets moved to this interface to remove the current >>>reliance on hanging the ugly ECC parameter stuff through the >>> >>> >>interface. >> >> >>>I am pretty busy right now, but will try get the YAFFS2 side sorted >>>ASAP. If the YAFFS2 stuff is CVSed before the mtd then I'll just >>> >>> >>point >> >> >>>people to this patch. >>> >>>Thanx! >>> >>>Charles >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>yaffs mailing list >>yaffs@stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk >>http://stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yaffs >> >> >> > >--- >****************************************************************** >* KSI@home KOI8 Net < > The impossible we do immediately. * >* Las Vegas NV, USA < > Miracles require 24-hour notice. * >****************************************************************** > > > >