Re: [PATCH 9/9] mtd: Add new SmartMedia/xD FTL

[JÃrn Engel]

On Fri, 8 January 2010 17:12:04 +0200, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> 
> This implements new readwrite SmartMedia/xd FTL.
> 
> It depends on nand driver to define proper oob layout that excludes
> all ecc areas and nothing more.
> 
> Support for very old 256 byte/page devices is not yet enabled/complete.
> For these devices, all ecc handling will be done inside this FTL
> due to wierd oob layout.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/Kconfig  |   12 +
>  drivers/mtd/Makefile |    1 +
>  drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.c | 1043 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.h |   75 ++++

sm_ftl is certainly nicer than ssfdc.c - at least I can decrypt the
acronym.  But I am missing a reason why ssfdc is not sufficient and we
need yet another implementation of the same ftl.

Or maybe ssfdc is sufficient or barely sufficient and just needs a small
patch?

JÃrn

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