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authorSascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>2017-03-24 08:15:52 +0100
committerSascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>2017-03-31 18:43:53 +0200
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state: backend_circular: default to circular storage
Default to the new circular storage format which saves erase cycles. The old format can still be selected with backend-storage-type = "noncircular". Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
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@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ Optional properties:
e.g. ``hmac(sha256)``. Only used for ``raw``.
* ``backend-stridesize``: Maximum size per copy of the data. Only important for
non-MTD devices
-* ``backend-storage-type``: Type of the storage. This has two options at the
- moment. For MTD with erasing the correct type is ``circular``. For all other
- devices and files, ``direct`` is the needed type.
+* ``backend-storage-type``: Normally the correct storage type is detected auto-
+ matically. The circular backend supports the option ``noncircular`` to fall
+ back to an old storage format.
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