[PATCH 3/3] mtd: nand: gpmi: [FIXME] need to use {read, write}_oob_raw

Brian Norris computersforpeace at gmail.com
Fri May 11 16:30:35 EDT 2012


This patch is simply an added warning in the comments. Ideally, this patch
need not be merged, but rather, a developer will write a proper solution
that can use the ecc.read_oob_raw and ecc.write_oob_raw interfaces.

Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com>
Cc: Huang Shijie <b32955 at freescale.com>
---
 drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
index 8250f63..033bd7a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
@@ -1054,6 +1054,9 @@ exit_auxiliary:
  * ECC-based or raw view of the page is implicit in which function it calls
  * (there is a similar pair of ECC-based/raw functions for writing).
  *
+ * FIXME: The following paragraph is incorrect, now that there exist
+ * ecc.read_oob_raw and ecc.write_oob_raw functions.
+ *
  * Since MTD assumes the OOB is not covered by ECC, there is no pair of
  * ECC-based/raw functions for reading or or writing the OOB. The fact that the
  * caller wants an ECC-based or raw view of the page is not propagated down to
-- 
1.7.5.4.2.g519b1




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