Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: allow NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE to be set from driver

[Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>]

Dear Brian Norris,

> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> wrote:
> > On 07/13/2012 12:12 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> >>> The NAND_CHIPOPTIONS_MSK has limited utility and is causing real bugs.
> >>> It silently masks off at least one flag that might be set by the
> >>> driver (NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE). This breaks the GPMI NAND driver and
> >>> possibly others.
> >>> 
> >>> Really, as long as driver writers exercise a small amount of care with
> >>> NAND_* options, this mask is not necessary at all; it was only here to
> >>> prevent certain options from accidentally being set by the driver. But
> >>> the original thought turns out to be a bad idea occasionally. Thus,
> >>> kill it.
> >>> 
> >>> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
> >>> Cc: Huang Shijie <shijie8@gmail.com>
> >>> Cc: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> >> 
> >> [...]
> >> 
> >> Maybe we should simply split it into two sets of flags to make it clear
> >> -- chip ones and controller ones ?
> > 
> > Isn't that what we're trying to get rid of?

Sure, but aren't there controller specific properties and chip-specific 
properties? And than even chip-specific state?

> I thought so.
> 
> Brian

Best regards,
Marek Vasut