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Hello,

Le Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:42:14 -0800,
Mike Dunn <mikedunn@newsguy.com> a =C3=A9crit :

> This bifurcation of the driver <-> mtd and mtd <-> higher layer is admite=
dly a
> little kludgy and potentially confusing for driver writers, but has the
> advantage of touching few files.

The advantage of touching few files is only a short-term advantage,
while the drawback of being a "little kludgy and confusing for driver
writers" is a long-term, major, drawback. I think it's much better to
spend a bit of time now to touch more files, but get a nice and clean
interface, rather than leaving the kludge of stacking a MTD partition
on top of another.

Best regards,

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons
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