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From: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
To: Huang Shijie <b32955@freescale.com>
Cc: dedekind1@gmail.com, Jan Weitzel <j.weitzel@phytec.de>,
	linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
	Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>,
	Huang Shijie <shijie8@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: add a new macro about the subpage write
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:35:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201207131235.43633.marex@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FFD27A1.9000008@freescale.com>

Dear Huang Shijie,

> Hi Brian:
> > Wood [1]; I don't see a good reason not to just kill the
> > NAND_CHIPOPTIONS_MSK instead of adding more flags. As long as we
> > perform a few sanity tests, I think it'd be safe.
> 
> I think it's more clear in logic to add this new macro:
>     The NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE can be used only by the MLC nands which do
> no support the subpage write;
>     The NAND_CONTROLLER_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE only used by the nand
> controller such as gpmi nand.

It's not clearer at all. It's just more error-prone.

> But I will be happy if you submit a patch to fix this issue by removing
> the NAND_CHIPOPTIONS_MSK.

I'd be happy if the GPMI NAND driver was properly fixed, 6 months after 
reporting this bug, which is quite critical as UBI doesn't work because of that 
and it's being silently ignored.

> thanks
> Huang Shijie

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-13 10:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-03  5:32 [PATCH] mtd: add a new macro about the subpage write Huang Shijie
2012-07-11  6:07 ` Brian Norris
2012-07-11  7:13   ` Huang Shijie
2012-07-13 10:35     ` Marek Vasut [this message]
2012-07-13 14:00       ` Huang Shijie
2012-07-13 15:40         ` Marek Vasut
2012-07-13 16:08           ` Huang Shijie
2012-07-13 16:28             ` Marek Vasut
2012-07-13 16:29             ` Scott Wood
2012-07-13 16:53               ` Marek Vasut
2012-07-13 17:02                 ` Brian Norris
2012-07-13 17:10                   ` Marek Vasut
2012-07-13 17:35                     ` [PATCH] mtd: add a new macro about the subpage write (REPORT SPAM) William F.

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