[PATCH,RFC] [MTD] replace MTD_NORFLASH with MTD_GENERIC_TYPE

[Artem B. Bityutskiy]

Jörn Engel wrote:
> This patch is 90% uncontroversial.  The remaining 10% introduce a new
> field to struct mtd_info.  Looks like we need something similar to
> this patch, but probably not identical to it.

Please, explain what does this MTD_GENERIC_TYPE mean? MTD_NORFLASH means 
that this is NOR flash. What's MTD_GENERIC_TYPE?

And why it "looks like we need something similar to this patch"?

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Best Regards,
Artem B. Bityutskiy,
St.-Petersburg, Russia.