[PATCH] Add Amstrad Delta NAND support.

David Woodhouse dwmw2 at infradead.org
Fri May 19 06:26:31 EDT 2006


On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 12:03 +0200, Jörn Engel wrote: 
> > > And please create a structure containing both struct mtd_info and
> > > struct nand_chip.  Then use sizeof(that structure)...
> > 
> > This format is used throughout the drivers/mtd/nand/ directory. I'd
> > suggest it'd be more appropriate to have a separate patch that did this
> > for all of them if it's desired, rather than having each driver do its
> > own thing.

It's fine as-is. The claim that it's nicer to introduce an extra
datatype just for the allocation is subjective, at best.

> > Agreed on all the spacing comments you raised; hangovers from toto.c
> > that I used as a base.
> 
> We have suboptimal code in the kernel, true.  I still prefer new code
> to have slightly higher standards, so the overall quality improves
> slowly.  Therefore, pointing to the other ugly duckling is not an
> excuse for being mud-covered. ;)
> 
> But you are right.  The other ducklings could use a bath as well.

They already got it.

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dwmw2





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