Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Mar 2020 08:13:59 -0700 | From | Kees Cook <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 11/11] mtd: new support oops logger based on pstore/blk |
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On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 09:51:19PM +0800, WeiXiong Liao wrote: > The physical features of MTD device require that the user configurations > must meet some requirements. For example the record size must be > multiples of page size of MTD flash. It's really different to block device. > If we make this device driver "invisible", we should have other way to > limit user configurations. The dmesg pstore front-end is the most easiest > one to fix to. There are still much work to do to support other front-ends.
I finally understand this now -- I was still thinking of things like nvme which ultimately expose a block layer. MTD appear to genuinely be a "non-block" device. But it is still considered a "storage" device, yes?
So perhaps "block storage device" and "non-block storage device"?
-- Kees Cook
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