[U-Boot] [PATCH] mtdparts: Call nand_init() during mtdparts_init().

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear Scott Wood,

In message <20101015173533.4e1d8bcb@udp111988uds.am.freescale.net> you wrote:
>
> > This looks like a broken design to me.
> 
> What would you rather see in its place?

Good question. I have to admit that I don't know all this code and
it's embroilments too well. There is this with MTD and that without,
there is this for JFFS2 and that without. I lost track in that maze
long ago.

Eventually we should have some mtd_init() call which does this, but
then, I'm not sure if there might not be a case ot mtdparts without
MTD.

> > Assume we add this call here; would it then not also be needed in the
> > 'static' version of mtdparts_init() in "common/cmd_jffs2.c" (whatever
> > 'static' is supposed to mean) ?
> 
> Yes, it seems so.  Is there a good reason why jffs2 has its own
> implementation of this stuff?

Too many people working on differnt parts of the code, without
looking over their respective rims ?  Sorry, I never understood.
I think Stefan spent already some time to clean up parts of the mess,
but this probably needs more effort.

> yaffs_StartUp is in a similar situation.

Oh dear. It doesn't come to an end.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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