[PATCH 0/2] staging: mtd: Support for GigaDevice SPI NAND flash

[Ionela Voinescu]

On 11/06/14 16:05, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 03:51:17PM +0000, Ionela Voinescu wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> These patches add support for GigaDevice 4Gb SPI NAND flash.
>> This is an initial version, adding it to staging, as there is no existing
>> framework for SPI NAND as there is for SPI NOR in MTD.
>>
>> Therefore, I want to start an early discussion about this in order to find
>> the best way to integrate it. I am at the beginning regarding both upstreaming
>> and understanding all of the MTD layer, so your comments and ideas are
>> welcomed.
>>
>> I've structured this driver similar to the existing Micron SPI NAND
>> (mt29f_spinand), in order to make it easier to understand the common code.
>> I know there is an atempt to add support for a generic SPI NAND based
>> framework from Sourav Poddar but that never got merged, and it would be
>> a valid option to consider.
>>
>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2013-July/047373.html
>>
>> This initial version does not implement all the functionality and I will
>> add to it once we decide on a structure. This is based on linux-next.
>>
>> Thank you and I welcome all comments,
> If you want to add code to the staging tree, you need a TODO file that
> lists what is needed to be done to the driver in order to get it out of
> the staging tree.  Otherwise I don't know why the code is in staging at
> all, and not in the "real" part of the kernel.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
Hi Greg,

For now I am submitting this for staging, but I am interested in having
a discussion about the best way to integrate it and hopefully merge
this in drivers/mtd/spinand/.
Therefore, I will add the TODO file to explain why it is put in staging
at this point.

Thank you,
Ionela.