[PATCH] ubi: Use UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_{TYPE, ALIGN}

Artem Bityutskiy dedekind1 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 14 10:38:33 EST 2012


On Sat, 2012-01-14 at 16:34 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> Am 14.01.2012 16:11, schrieb Artem Bityutskiy:
> > On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 17:57 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> >> UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_TYPE and UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_ALIGN are currently
> >> defined but not used.
> >> Use them at least once. 8-)
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard at nod.at>
> > 
> > Hi Richard,
> > 
> > This will break backward compatibility - older and current kernels which
> > do not have this patch will error out when the find a volume without a
> > name. The right way to do this would be to change the UBI format
> > version, but you would need a really strong reason for this.
> > 
> 
> Sorry, this comment makes absolutely no sense.
> 
> Did you mean my other patch?
> But still, the other patch also does *not* allow volumes without names.

Yes, sorry, ignore this one - I've pushed your patch.

(Embarrassed)

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy
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