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

[JÃrn Engel]

On Fri, 8 June 2007 17:15:26 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
> 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.

Nitbit: Sooner or later the point/unpoint should get replaced by
something with page granularity.  Something also needs to keep lists of
mapped pages and invalidate them whenever the device is written to.
That could be done in the filesystem or device driver.  I believe the
device driver would be a better solution.

JÃrn

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