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

Marek Vasut
2012-07-13T17:12:45Z

Dear Brian Norris,

> 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 ?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut