| Date | Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:52:46 -0500 | From | "John Stoffel" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/44 take 2] [UBI] Unsorted Block Images |
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Artem> This patch-set contains UBI, which stands for Unsorted Block Artem> Images. This is closely related to the memory technology Artem> devices Linux subsystem (MTD), so this new piece of software is Artem> from drivers/mtd/ubi.
Can you define UBI in each and every file you create? This is a completely unique acronym and I'm sure a bunch of people will be going "wtf" when they read this, I know I was.
Artem> In short, UBI is kind of LVM layer but for flash (MTD) Artem> devices. It makes it possible to dynamically create, delete and Artem> re-size volumes. But the analogy is not full. UBI also takes Artem> care of wear-leveling and bad eraseblocks handling, so UBI Artem> completely hides 2 aspects of flash chips which make them very Artem> difficult to work with:
Neat stuff! Too bad you don't have a more descriptive name for it, UBI just doesn't seem to have any connection to LVM for Flash plus wear leveling.
/grin/
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