[PATCH] mtd-utils: Fix incompatibility with kernel UBI block ioctls

Helmut Schaa helmut.schaa at googlemail.com
Tue May 20 14:46:45 PDT 2014


On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:34 PM, Ezequiel Garcia
<ezequiel.garcia at free-electrons.com> wrote:
> Hi Helmut,
>
> On 20 May 04:57 PM, Helmut Schaa wrote:
>> The kernel UBI block ioctl definition is out of sync with the one
>> in mtd-utils resulting in ubiblock being unusable on current kernels.
>>
>
> Which version are you taking as "current". The ioctl parameter is actually
> an improvement over the first parameter-less implementation, so this patch
> makes no sense.
>
> Take a look at:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=463c5eedb4a13b9aa91f05498a0f2c20bd03f8c4
>
> Maybe you have some old kernel or maybe you've backported this feature and you
> are using some internal version?

Ouch, I was indeed on a different (older) tree :/

Sorry for the noise. Please drop this patch.

Thanks,
Helmut



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