Re: [PATCH 1/5 v2] blk-mq: Add prep/unprep support
From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Fri Apr 17 2015 - 13:46:39 EST
On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 10:15:46AM +0200, Matias Bj?rling wrote:
> Just the prep/unprep, or other pieces as well?
All of it - it's functionality that lies logically below the block
layer, so that's where it should be handled.
In fact it should probably work similar to the mtd subsystem - that is
have it's own API for low level drivers, and just export a block driver
as one consumer on the top side.
> In the future, applications can have an API to get/put flash block directly.
> (using the blk_nvm_[get/put]_blk interface).
s/application/filesystem/?
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