From: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@nsn.com>
To: ext Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Cc: Joern Engel <joern@lazybastard.org>,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: phram: Make phram 64-bit compatible
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 09:46:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5253B860.5030604@nsn.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131007174943.GB23337@ld-irv-0074.broadcom.com>
Hi!
On 10/07/2013 07:49 PM, ext Brian Norris wrote:
> Are we (MTD) holding a revolutionary position against the standard
> kernel libraries, which recognize [KkMmGg] prefixes, but not [kMG]i
> prefixes? Should we extend memparse() to accept either form? Or would
> doing so simply pollute the library and not really satisfy anyone?
I was also irritated re-inventing the wheel here, but the problem is --
millions of people out there have their startup scripts and uboot environments
for phram, who expect this just to work with the next kernel upgrade...
--
Best regards,
Alexander Sverdlin.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-08 7:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-02 16:42 [PATCH] mtd: phram: Make phram 64-bit compatible Alexander Sverdlin
2013-10-04 22:02 ` Jörn Engel
2013-10-07 17:49 ` Brian Norris
2013-10-07 16:53 ` Jörn Engel
2013-10-08 16:36 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-10-08 7:46 ` Alexander Sverdlin [this message]
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