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On 4/4/2011 2:32 PM, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 14:30 +0530, Vipin Kumar wrote:
>> On 4/4/2011 11:57 AM, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 11:15 +0530, ext Vipin Kumar wrote:
>>>> On 4/1/2011 5:14 PM, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 17:12 +0530, ext Vipin Kumar wrote:
>>>>>> Temporary because the fsmc peripheral itself needs a fix for this problem
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you mean a hardware fix?
>>>>>
>>>> Ideally speaking, Yes
>>>
>>> Then the comment is not saying the truth I think - this solution is
>>> permanent.
>>>
>>
>> That's why it is a workaround
>> I thought "workaround" says it all
> 
> I thought we were talking about word "temporary". Temporary means "will
> be fixed very very soon".
> 

OK. May be I misunderstood it...
This patch would not be needed for devices using the fixed hardware
And I thought since it is the hardware which is at fault, this patch is a 
workaround, but yes, it may need a longer time to get fixed

Regards
Vipin