On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 09:11:47AM -0700, Jared Hulbert wrote: > >On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 09:05:32AM -0700, Jared Hulbert wrote: > >> Okay so we need some driver that opens/closes this ROM. This has been > >> done from the dcss block device but that doesn't make sense for most > >> embedded systems. The MTD allows for this with point(),unpoint(). > >> That should work just fine. It does introduce the MTD as a dependancy > >> which is unnecessary in many systems, but it will work now. > > > >The Linux solution to this problem would be to introduce an option for > >mtd write support. That way the majority of the code doesn't heave to > >be compiled for the read-only case but you still get a uniform interface. > > You mean make an MTD-light interface possible?
I wouldn't call it that. The interface should stay the same except that write operations are not supported. In mtd_info you'd just have point/unpoint and read/read_oob but no write operations and all the backing code wouldn't be compiled in aswell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
