[PATCH] mtd: nand: allow NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE to be set from driver (REPORT SPAM)

[William F.]

Em 13-07-2012 14:19, Scott Wood escreveu:
> 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
>
>
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