[PATCH 06/25] mtd: move ioctl32 code to mtdchar.c
Eric W. Biederman
ebiederman at lnxi.com
Tue Nov 8 13:10:27 EST 2005
Jörn Engel <joern at wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> writes:
> Moving crap over to mtdchar.c is a good thing. Complete removal of
> mtdchar.c might be even better, but at least the crap is relatively
> self-contained now.
Agreed moving the compat_ioctl to mtdchar now that it is possible
sounds good.
I can see that argument with respect to mtdblock. But why would
removal of mtdchar be a good thing? It is a simple raw access
interface. For those whose flash parts are too small for a filesystem
or when you are doing things that you can't do with a filesystem
like making or checking it you need something like mtd char. For
embedded folks who don't care you can just compile it out.
Eric
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