[PATCH] mtd: kill MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Huang Shijie,

> 于 2012年08月15日 15:06, Shmulik Ladkani 写道:
> > Hi Huang,
> > 
> > On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:38:45 -0400 Huang Shijie<shijie8 at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
> >> index 588e989..0ca7257 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
> >> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
> >> @@ -22,15 +22,6 @@ menuconfig MTD_NAND
> >> 
> >>   if MTD_NAND
> >> 
> >> -config MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE
> >> -	bool "Verify NAND page writes"
> >> -	help
> >> -	  This adds an extra check when data is written to the flash. The
> >> -	  NAND flash device internally checks only bits transitioning
> >> -	  from 1 to 0. There is a rare possibility that even though the
> >> -	  device thinks the write was successful, a bit could have been
> >> -	  flipped accidentally due to device wear or something else.
> >> -
> > 
> > There are some defconfig files which set CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE.
> > 
> > I guess you should submit an accompanying patch that removes
> > CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE from all defconfig files.
> 
> thanks a lot.
> 
> I will send out a separate patch to fix it.

I'd still prefer for this to be rather fixed. It seems to be able to find some 
obvious mistakes etc.

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Best regards,
Marek Vasut