Re: [PATCH 2.6.21] cramfs: add cramfs Linear XIP

[Jared Hulbert]

> 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?
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