logfs: max 4K writepage size

srimugunthan dhandapani srimugunthan.dhandapani at gmail.com
Sun Sep 4 06:20:03 EDT 2011


Hi,

>
>> While i still have your attention, i would like to point out at max
>> writepage size restriction in logfs. Currently logfs has a max
>> writepage size as 4K. Currently, large page nand flashes and MLC nand
>> come in  8K page sizes. As the usecase for logfs is large nand
>> flashes(mostly with parallel and DMA write capabilities),  it may be
>> essential to remove the 4K write page size restriction.
>> I was only able to change the logfs-tools for >4K writepage size. If
>> you send a patch, that makes logfs useable for writepagesize >4K, i
>> can try on real hardware, instead of nandsim and give you the results
>> :-)
>
> That sure sounds useful.  I'll have a look...
>
> Jörn

If you plan to do this, when can we expect your patches in the kernel?
Can you suggest what changes have to be done to have >4K writepage size.


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