Re: [PATCH for 3.0] AT91: Change nand buswidth logic to match hardware default configuration

Nicolas Ferre
2011-07-04T15:18:09Z

Le 04/07/2011 17:13, Arnd Bergmann :
> On Monday 04 July 2011, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
>>> In this case, studying the patch more closely shows that it's
>>> very harmless, but I'd rather not have to look that closely.
>>
>> Well, in fact it is a fix against what was introduced in a 3.0 patch
>> which I found to be wrong.
>> The reason because I do not want to be in next kernel is the fact that
>> it can puzzle the user (people that want to use kernel without changing
>> the system_rev between 2.6.39 -> 3.0 and again revert their changes for
>> 3.0 -> 3.1).
>>
>>> Am I correct that the bug is a regression against 2.6.39?
>>
>> No, in fact it was introduced during 3.0 early -rc.
>
> That's what I mean by 'regression against 2.6.39': it was working in 2.6.39,
> but later kernels are broken without this fix.

Absolutely (here broken = not easily understandable by user).

Bye,