[Yaffs] Re: CONFIG_YAFFS_USE_GENERIC_RW ==> caching

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Author: Wookey
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To: Charles Manning
CC: yaffs
Subject: [Yaffs] Re: CONFIG_YAFFS_USE_GENERIC_RW ==> caching
+++ Charles Manning [04-10-15 16:17 +1300]:
> Perhaps you're getting confused between the Linux cache and the cache inside
> YAFFS.
>
> Perhaps that is the discussion you recall?


Probably

> Using YAFFS under Linux without generic_rw has been broken for a while
> (broke during/around the addition of the softdelete speedups a year or more
> ago).


In which case sound like you are right and this option should be binned.

I wonder if we should do an 'official' 1.1 release sometime soon. Just so
there is something more than 'what's in CVS today'.

Wookey
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