From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:41:32 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] ads5121: Set offset of NFC registers in device tree. In-Reply-To: <4b73d43f0809030759g123d5146lc9eb5348799b1838@mail.gmail.com> References: <1220391700-2155-1-git-send-email-wd@denx.de> <4b73d43f0809030759g123d5146lc9eb5348799b1838@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20080903204132.25749248A0@gemini.denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Dear "John Rigby", In message <4b73d43f0809030759g123d5146lc9eb5348799b1838@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > I'm not sure this right way to deal with this. Even with the modified > offset the 1.5 silicon linux nand driver will not work correctly with > the 2.0 silicon nand controller. That's right - but al least the Linux kernel will not crash if used on one or the other board. I think we should fix the NFC base address on the device tree level - having to support different Linux kernel configurations depending on if you are on old or new hardware is pretty painful. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de The man on tops walks a lonely street; the "chain" of command is often a noose.