linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Blackfin BF54x NAND Flash Controller driver

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Date:	Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:49:55 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com>
Cc:	bryan.wu@...log.com, "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blackfin BF54x NAND Flash Controller driver

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:45:13 -0400 "Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com> wrote:

> On 9/13/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:25:23 +0800 Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@...log.com> wrote:
> > > This is the driver for latest Blackfin BF54x nand flash controller
> > >
> > >  - use nand_chip and mtd_info common nand driver interface
> > >  - provide both PIO and dma operation
> > >  - compiled with ezkit bf548 configuration
> > >  - use hardware 1-bit ECC
> > >  - tested with YAFFS2 and can mount YAFFS2 filesystem as rootfs
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > +int hardware_ecc = 0;
> >
> > scripts/checkpatch.pl, please.
> 
> that isnt static so checkpatch.pl wouldnt have caught it ...

box:/usr/src/25> perl scripts/checkpatch.pl ~/x
ERROR: do not initialise externals to 0 or NULL
#186: FILE: drivers/mtd/nand/bf54x_nand.c:73:
+int hardware_ecc = 0;

> it should be static though of course

good point.

> and then checkpatch.pl would have thrown a
> static init 0 warning :)
> -mike
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