From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-16.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82EABC4338F for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2021 23:45:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69E9560560 for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2021 23:45:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231839AbhHAXpg (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Aug 2021 19:45:36 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:36128 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231615AbhHAXpf (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Aug 2021 19:45:35 -0400 Received: from bhuna.collabora.co.uk (bhuna.collabora.co.uk [IPv6:2a00:1098:0:82:1000:25:2eeb:e3e3]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2E962C06175F for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2021 16:45:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: ezequiel) with ESMTPSA id 9AD2E1F424CC From: Ezequiel Garcia To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Richard Weinberger Cc: Miquel Raynal , Vignesh Raghavendra , Ezequiel Garcia Subject: [PATCH 2/3] mtdblock: Add comment about UBI block devices Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 20:45:04 -0300 Message-Id: <20210801234509.18774-3-ezequiel@collabora.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.32.0 In-Reply-To: <20210801234509.18774-1-ezequiel@collabora.com> References: <20210801234509.18774-1-ezequiel@collabora.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org There is a surprisingly large number of tutorials that suggest using mtdblock to mount SquashFS filesystems on flash devices, including NAND devices. Given this approach is suboptimal than using UBI, and given the UBI block device layer was introduced many years ago specifically with this use case in mind, add a small comment inviting users and developers to consider UBI block. Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia --- drivers/mtd/Kconfig | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig index 32bed6c63863..91cdbbd44317 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig @@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ config MTD_BLOCK_RO You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead. +comment "Note that in some cases UBI block is preferred. See MTD_UBI_BLOCK." + depends on MTD_BLOCK || MTD_BLOCK_RO + config FTL tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support" depends on BLOCK -- 2.32.0