Re: [PATCHv3] UBI: new module ubiblk: block layer on top of UBI

From: Artem Bityutskiy
Date: Mon Aug 22 2011 - 03:40:33 EST


On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 15:17 +0200, david.wagner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
> Questions:
> ==========
> I wasn't sure what magic ioctl number to use, so I settled to use the same one
> as a part of UBI: 'O', which was so far only used by UBI but on a higher range
> and leaving some room for UBI to add ioctls (for nw, it uses 'O'/0x00-0x06 and
> ubiblk uses 'O'/0x10-0x11). Is it ok or should ubiblk use a different
> number/range ?

I think this is OK to share them between UBI and ubiblk, as long as this
is documented. But I always CC Arnd when it comes to ioctl-related
questions.

P.S. Arnd, you can always find the initial post in lkml, if needed.

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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