[PATCH] mtd: nand: allow NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE to be set from driver

[Scott Wood]

On 07/13/2012 12:12 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> Dear Brian Norris,
> 
>> The NAND_CHIPOPTIONS_MSK has limited utility and is causing real bugs. It
>> silently masks off at least one flag that might be set by the driver
>> (NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE). This breaks the GPMI NAND driver and possibly
>> others.
>>
>> Really, as long as driver writers exercise a small amount of care with
>> NAND_* options, this mask is not necessary at all; it was only here to
>> prevent certain options from accidentally being set by the driver. But the
>> original thought turns out to be a bad idea occasionally. Thus, kill it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Huang Shijie <shijie8 at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
> [...]
> 
> Maybe we should simply split it into two sets of flags to make it clear -- chip 
> ones and controller ones ?

Isn't that what we're trying to get rid of?

-Scott