[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/5] NAND: Allow per-buffer allocation

Scott Wood
2011-09-26T18:33:56Z

On 09/24/2011 07:37 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On Friday, September 23, 2011 07:35:15 PM Scott Wood wrote:
>> On 09/22/2011 03:51 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>> On Thursday, September 22, 2011 09:41:21 AM Stefano Babic wrote:
>>>> On 09/21/2011 10:16 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>>>>> Dear Stefano & Marek,
>>>>>
>>>>> can you please provide the requested information?
>>>>
>>>> Hi Scott,
>>>>
>>>>> In message <4E7A4145.30501@freescale.com> Scott Wood wrote:
>>>>>>> In message <4E7A320D.1030002@freescale.com> you wrote:
>>>>>>>> Is this hardware going to be supported in Linux? It would be nice
>>>>>>>> if we could keep this code in sync.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Stefano has submitted patches for the iMX28 based M28 / M28EVK board,
>>>>>>> so yes, this hardware going to be supported in mainline Linux, too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How do the Linux iMX28 patches deal with NAND_OWN_BUFFERS?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd like to see this change be submitted to Linux first, or else have
>>>>>> an explanation of why a divergence for U-Boot is warranted.
>>>>
>>>> I tested NAND with the gpmi-nand patches sent to linux-arm by Huang Shije:
>>>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg139526.html
>>>>
>>>> However, I have not seen the option NAND_OWN_BUFFERS in his patches.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Stefano
>>>
>>> Like I said, this patch is not needed anymore. It's just a convenience
>>> measure now. I don't need to for mx28.
>>
>> Let's hold off on this patch until it's actually needed, then.
>
> Very well then, mind merging the rest then ?

Yes, I'll try to get to it soon.

-Scott