Re: [RFC 2/5] mtd: support MTD_MODE_RAW for reading OOB

Artem Bityutskiy
2011-08-22T08:36:41Z

On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 16:50 -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> mtd_do_read_oob does not pass information about whether to read in RAW
> mode to the lower layers (e.g., NAND). We should pass MTD_OOB_RAW or
> MTD_OOB_PLACE based on the MTD file mode.
>
> This fixes issues with `nanddump -n' and the MEMREADOOB[64] ioctls.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>

I guess similar question applies to this patch - why is this RFC while
it looks like a candidate for 'stable@kernel.org'?

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy