[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 13/28] mtd: ensure MTD is compiled when ENV_IS_IN_FLASH is selected

Wolfgang Denk
2018-12-06T08:10:19Z

Dear Frieder,

In message <35a6f1a5-e11d-4bc4-efbe-5977dde81254@kontron.de> you wrote:
>
> Moving towards a unified MTD layer to replace all the historic solutions
> is definitely the right thing to do. MiquÃ¨l already mentioned the
> reasons in detail...

I fully agree on this. I just ask not to break fundamental
principles of operation which have been in use forever.

Parallel NOR is memory - reading memory must not depend on MTD.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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