[PATCH mtd-www] doc/ubi.xml: clarify from the start that block device on UBI is read-only
Thomas Petazzoni <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:17:28 +0200
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In the introduction, the sentence that introduces ubiblock might let one think that any read/write block filesystem can be used on top of UBI, which is wrong. So clarify from the start that this is read-only. Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <[email protected]> --- doc/ubi.xml | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/ubi.xml b/doc/ubi.xml index 1290735..21bbd00 100644 --- a/doc/ubi.xml +++ b/doc/ubi.xml @@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ similar because:</p> mechanisms).</li> </ul> -<p>UBI also provides a block device that allows regular, block-oriented -file systems to be mounted on top of an UBI volume. This is possible because UBI -handles bad-blocks transparently.</p> +<p>UBI also provides a read-only block device that allows regular, block-oriented +file systems to be mounted on top of an UBI volume, but only for read-only +operation. This is possible because UBI handles bad-blocks transparently.</p> <p>There is an additional driver called <code>gluebi</code> which emulates MTD devices on top of UBI volumes. This looks a little strange, because UBI works -- 2.55.0 ______________________________________________________ Linux MTD discussion mailing list http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/