[PATCH 05/17] mtd: nand_mrvl_nfc: Remove keep_config

Robert Jarzmik robert.jarzmik at free.fr
Fri Oct 9 14:14:57 PDT 2015


Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth at gmail.com> writes:

> On 09.10.2015 21:16, Robert Jarzmik wrote:
> Anyway, I am fine with keeping the keep-config parsing and remove
> the property on some boards with using the barebox's dts overlays.
Excellent.

>
>> It can be assumed that for stacked NAND, the ROM code's timings are more
>> accurate than the generic ones, hence keep_config.
>
> There is more issues here: Currently the binding of the nand
> _controller_ also contains properties of the nand _device_, e.g.
> mtd partitions are direct sub-nodes of the controller.
>
> For the long run, i.e. including Linux rework, we should have
> nand device sub-nodes, e.g.
I'm not really a devicetree expert, so I'll let others answer on that one. Yet I
find your example quite logical, having the controller and then devices on it.

Cheers.

-- 
Robert



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