Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add local bus device nodes to MPC837xMDS device trees.

[Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>]

On Tuesday 11 March 2008, David Gibson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 04:39:30AM +0100, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> > > This isn't a problem with this device tree, but it's probably time we
> > > started establishing some conventional generic names for nand flash
> > > and board-control devices.
> > >
> > > So, to start the ball rolling, I've seen several names for nand flash
> > > nodes, I'd suggest we standardise on "nand-flash".
> >=20
> > What's wrong with the already well-established generic name "flash"?
>=20
> I was concerned that using "flash" for both NOR flash (which it
> already is) and NAND flash might be unwise. =A0I am quite open to being
> convinced otherwise, though.

One argument for just using "flash" is that there are much finer differences
than just "NAND" and "NOR", with at least "dataflash", "OneNAND", "SD/MMC"
being further types of flash that don't fit the categories exactly, though
each one for different reasons.

=46or SD/MMC, there are good reasons to use something completely different,
for the others, calling them all "flash" sounds better than fitting them
into "nand" and "nor".

	Arnd <><