blkmtd and name_to_dev_t

[Jörn Engel]

On Thu, 30 March 2006 15:36:24 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> I talked to Jörg Engel about this; he indicated that the blkmtd driver 
                 ^
*grumble* ;)

> There seems to be a few options, in order from least work to more work:
> 
> - Removing the blkmtd driver and tell people to use block2mtd;

Fair enough.  No objections from my side.
Most users of mtd tend to use ancient kernels anyway, so there is less
reason for a warning period, compared to other parts of the kernel.

> - Have kinit intercept blkmtd configuration options and emulate them 
> using block2mtd;
> - Adjust blkmtd to have a configuration interface, and then make kinit 
> configure it.

Jörn

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