From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailout08.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.20]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1BajKd-00029B-VD for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:56:37 -0400 From: "Thomas Gleixner" To: David Woodhouse Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:50:49 +0200 References: <073c01c453ac$de849e10$0100a8c0@superfortress> <200406170032.09129.tglx@linutronix.de> <1087426007.4530.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1087426007.4530.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200406170050.49881.tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Dan Brown , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Towards DiskOnChip support as a NAND driver Reply-To: tglx@linutronix.de List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thursday 17 June 2004 00:46, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 00:32 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > Can you make it optional to use or should we break the code in > > drivers/mtd/devices to enforce the development on Dan's code in > > drivers/mtd/nand ? > > > > dwmw2 ?? > > > > IMHO the current DOC code in drivers/mtd/devices has too many todo's > > which inhibit proper usage. > > It's not so bad on the original DiskOnChip 2000 and Millennium devices. > I'd rather keep it an option for now, at least till the todo list for > the new nand-based driver is reduced. We need to get the HW ECC working > on the driver, and fix up NFTL to work with it. We also need to fix up > the probing to work properly -- currently my hack just had the address > hard-coded. My main concern was to wake up those, who asked for DOC support / improveme= nts=20 recently and point them to the new code and make clear that the code in=20 drivers/mtd/devices is a subject to be removed in the near future.=20 So, if they need proper DOC support they can provide testing and hacking=20 capacities. This should get us along quite fast if enough interest is there= =2E=20 =2D-=20 Thomas _____________________________________________________________________ =46rom slash dot org "When customers are visiting, engineers are not allowed to wear ties.=20 That way the customer can tell who is the engineer and who is the=20 salesman (and therefore whom to believe.). Ties cut off blood flow=20 to the brain, making it easier for the salesmen to do their jobs."=20 _____________________________________________________________________ linutronix - competence in embedded & realtime linux http://www.linutronix.de mail: tglx@linutronix.de