[PATCH] mtd: nand: add option to erase NAND blocks even if detected as bad.

[Mario Rugiero]

2017-05-12 6:34 GMT-03:00 Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon at free-electrons.com>:
> On Fri, 12 May 2017 06:26:14 -0300
> Mario Rugiero <mrugiero at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 2017-05-12 6:19 GMT-03:00 Richard Weinberger <richard at nod.at>:
>> > Am 12.05.2017 um 11:15 schrieb Mario Rugiero:
>> >> I'll read it carefully later. Is there any rough time estimate for it
>> >> to hit mainline?
>> >> I'm not expecting a date, but rather something in the lines of
>> >> "several weeks, several months, several years".
>> >> I think we can do with several months, and we'd be happy to start
>> >> local experiments with that timeframe in mind.
>> >> Several years might be more than the devices will live, though.
>> >
>> > Since there is currently no funding it might take much longer.
>> GSoC sounds like a viable workaround.
>> It'd hahve to wait for next year, though.
>> I think I'm elligible, so if I still have access to these boards and
>> Boris can mentor me, we could get funding to speed up the development.
>> I'd be happy to donate it to have another developer, as I'm already
>> kinda being paid for this.
>> What do you think of that?
>
> Yep, that's a possibility.
Great. Could you act as a mentor without GSoC for now?
I think I might be able to help after finishing with the slides, they
seem clear enough, with proper guidance, and that'd help in my current
work.
I think I've read some slides from a previous talk by you, before the
way to go was as clearly defined.

Regards,
Mario.