Re: [RESEND x2 PATCH 2.6.26-git 1/2] MTD DataFlash: bugfix, binary page sizes now handled (v3)

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:25:13 -0700 David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> wrote:

> From: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
> 
> The wrong version of the "teach dataflash about binary density" patch
> just got merged (v2 not v3) ... this restores the missing updates:
> 
>   * Fix the cmdlinepart *regression* that caused testing failures (!!)
>     by restoring the original part labels in relevant cases.
> 
>   * Don't reference things that don't exist (!)
> 	- An opcode that doesn't even exist for DataFlash
> 	- The part is "at45db642" not "at45db641"
> 	- ID zero in this JEDEC table
> 
>   * Make the JEDEC probe routine report and handle errors better:
> 	- If the SPI calls fail, return the error codes.
> 	- Don't depend on ordering of table entries.
> 	- Unrecognized ids are different from parts that have no ID.
>           We won't actually know how to handle them correctly; display
> 	  the ID and ignore the chip.
> 
>   * Move the original block comment about the "legacy" chip ID scheme
>     back next to the code to which it applies ... not next to the new
>     JEDEC query code, which uses an entirely different strategy.
> 
>   * Don't print a guessed erasesize; /proc/mtd has the real value.
> 
> And add a few more comments.
> 

drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_dataflash.c: In function 'jedec_probe':
drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_dataflash.c:611: error: incompatible type for argument 1 of 'dev_name'
drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_dataflash.c:619: error: incompatible type for argument 1 of 'dev_name'