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Diffstat (limited to 'include/mtd/ubi-user.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/mtd/ubi-user.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h index 370c750115ce..8787349fbafe 100644 --- a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h +++ b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h @@ -358,7 +358,17 @@ struct ubi_rnvol_req { * requests. * @lnum: logical eraseblock number to change * @bytes: how many bytes will be written to the logical eraseblock + * @dtype: pass "3" for better compatibility with old kernels * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed + * + * The @dtype field used to inform UBI about what kind of data will be written + * to the LEB: long term (value 1), short term (value 2), unknown (value 3). + * UBI tried to pick a PEB with lower erase counter for short term data and a + * PEB with higher erase counter for long term data. But this was not really + * used because users usually do not know this and could easily mislead UBI. We + * removed this feature in May 2012. UBI currently just ignores the @dtype + * field. But for better compatibility with older kernels it is recommended to + * set @dtype to 3 (unknown). */ struct ubi_leb_change_req { __s32 lnum; @@ -369,6 +379,7 @@ struct ubi_leb_change_req { /** * struct ubi_map_req - a data structure used in map LEB requests. + * @dtype: pass "3" for better compatibility with old kernels * @lnum: logical eraseblock number to unmap * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed */ |