Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750842AbWBMNjn (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:39:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750840AbWBMNjn (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:39:43 -0500 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.206]:61461 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750805AbWBMNjm convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:39:42 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=omfoDPFds57f7aIEbLR/9Wob3YLg2mVF2OOAkEymt9XmJEHNVEe6cZqWnhJ33ibSCZN1wbRiO9Tfcey+NaE5yfgLELbY+mZ1bwh4H/cc4SQiDZHYLeyiMrf4V/xe8oqQwIib7c3nHxGFccuNiZgj188D0dZyFXKyANWyvm19imo= Message-ID: <625fc13d0602130539x2845ab0ck7a7dc5bb7ef49d56@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 07:39:38 -0600 From: Josh Boyer To: "Victor Porton,,," Subject: Re: MTD for buffered IO Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 702 Lines: 16 On 2/13/06, Victor Porton,,, wrote: > I suggest to add kernel configuration/option to allow to use > an MTD device as a continuation of I/O buffers (for HDD). > > One way to implement it would be to add the option for a swap partition/file to > allow to use this swap partition/file as I/O buffer for other device. I'm not quite sure what you mean here, but suggestions in the form of patches go a lot further than just an email. josh - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/