[Yaffs] Re: Kernel panic in clear_inode when using yaffs as rootfs

Wookey wookey at aleph1.co.uk
Tue Nov 15 15:09:08 GMT 2005


+++ Charles Manning [05-11-14 15:46 +1300]:
> Thanx Andre
> 
> FYI: How this got broken: http://lwn.net/Articles/141982/
> 
> Makes it easy for OCFS2, breaks YAFFS. 

This is a good example of the disadvantages of living outside the mainline.
If we were inside this would probably have got fixed/pointed out for us.

Hopefully the pending MTD changes keeping us out will become a reality soon
and life on the Linux VFS front will get a bit easier. 

Wookey
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