[PATCH 2/2] UBI: Remove data type hint from ubi-user.h

From: Richard Weinberger
Date: Mon May 14 2012 - 11:56:05 EST


This finally removes the data type hint from the UBI ABI.
>From now on the "dtype" field will be ignored and must not used
anymore.

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
---
include/mtd/ubi-user.h | 23 ++---------------------
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
index 3c41097..370c750 100644
--- a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
+++ b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
@@ -196,23 +196,6 @@
#define UBI_MAX_RNVOL 32

/*
- * UBI data type hint constants.
- *
- * UBI_LONGTERM: long-term data
- * UBI_SHORTTERM: short-term data
- * UBI_UNKNOWN: data persistence is unknown
- *
- * These constants are used when data is written to UBI volumes in order to
- * help the UBI wear-leveling unit to find more appropriate physical
- * eraseblocks.
- */
-enum {
- UBI_LONGTERM = 1,
- UBI_SHORTTERM = 2,
- UBI_UNKNOWN = 3,
-};
-
-/*
* UBI volume type constants.
*
* @UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME: dynamic volume
@@ -375,25 +358,23 @@ struct ubi_rnvol_req {
* requests.
* @lnum: logical eraseblock number to change
* @bytes: how many bytes will be written to the logical eraseblock
- * @dtype: data type (%UBI_LONGTERM, %UBI_SHORTTERM, %UBI_UNKNOWN)
* @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
*/
struct ubi_leb_change_req {
__s32 lnum;
__s32 bytes;
- __s8 dtype;
+ __s8 dtype; /* obsolete, do not use! */
__s8 padding[7];
} __packed;

/**
* struct ubi_map_req - a data structure used in map LEB requests.
* @lnum: logical eraseblock number to unmap
- * @dtype: data type (%UBI_LONGTERM, %UBI_SHORTTERM, %UBI_UNKNOWN)
* @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
*/
struct ubi_map_req {
__s32 lnum;
- __s8 dtype;
+ __s8 dtype; /* obsolete, do not use! */
__s8 padding[3];
} __packed;

--
1.7.6.5

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