Re: [PATCH 0/3] mtd: rawnand: gpio: Convert to exec_op()

[Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>]

Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@collabora.com> wrote on Wed,  3 Jun
2020 17:07:43 +0200:

> Hello,
> 
> A bit of context to explain the motivation behind those conversions
> I've been sending for the last few weeks. The raw NAND subsystem
> carries a lot of history which makes any rework not only painful, but
> also subject to regressions which we only detect when someone dares to
> update its kernel on one of those ancient HW. While carrying drivers
> for old HW is not a problem per se, carrying ancient and unmaintained
> drivers that are not converted to new APIs is a maintenance burden,
> hence this massive conversion attempt I'm conducting here.
> 
> So here is a series converting the GPIO NAND controller driver to
> exec_op(). I hope I'll find someone to test those changes, but if
> there's no one still having access to this HW or no interest in keeping
> it supported in recent kernel versions, we should definitely consider
> removing the driver instead.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Boris
> 
> Boris Brezillon (3):
>   mtd: rawnand: gpio: Inherit from nand_controller
>   mtd: rawnand: gpio: Implement exec_op()
>   mtd: rawnand: gpio: Get rid of the legacy interface implementation
> 
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/gpio.c | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 91 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 

Looks fine too!

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