Release of UBIL: ubi with log

[Brijesh Singh]

Hi,
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 18:28 +0530, Brijesh Singh wrote:
>> Hi,
>>  It gives me great pleasure in sharing UBIL: ubi with log.  We have
>> added logging functionality to ubi for reducing mount time.
>> UBIL uses the "same source base of UBI". The logging functionality can
>> be added or removed at compile time using "make menuconfig option".
>>
>> We have seen mount time reduction of 50% in 1GB NAND. We are expecting
>> even better results for larger flash memories.
>>
>> The source code of UBIL can be found in the following git tree:
>> http://git.infradead.org/users/brijesh/ubi-2.6.git
>>
>> We have tested ubil for samsung nand and onenand. The test results can
>> be found in the following git tree:
>> http://git.infradead.org/users/brijesh/ubil_results
>>
>> We are working on utilities and design document of UBIL. I will share
>> those as soon as possible.
>
> Is there any doc available?
Working on it.
> I've briefly looked at the source code, and found out that:
>
> 1. It looks like code from UBIFS, but tweaked and transformed, is this
> right?
Yes,some parts like compression.
> 2. Various small coding style things which do not correspond to UBI
> coding style. I usually want contributors to use the same style to keep
> the UBI code uniform and consistent.
We have tried to do this as much as possible. If there is anything
missing, I will fix it.
> 3. A design document would be cool.
Working on it. I will send the patches earliest possible.

Thanks and Regards,
Brijesh