Re: [patch] cache flush bug in mm/filemap.c (all kernels >=2.5.30(at least))

From: David Woodhouse (dwmw2@infradead.org)
Date: Sun May 25 2003 - 12:14:57 EST


On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 16:42, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Fri, 23 May 2003, Lothar Wassmann wrote:
> > I'm using a custom PXA250/255 board (same problem on both processors)
> > with either kernel 2.5.30-rmk1-pxa1 or 2.5.68-rmk1-pxa1. Both show the
> > same malfunction when reading a file non-sequentially from an IDE CF
> > card.
>
> Which filesystem - jffs2 or some other?

Presumably the latter. JFFS2 works on flash, not on IDE -- unless you
load the 'blkmtd' driver which uses a block device as backing store for
a 'virtual' MTD device.

--
dwmw2


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