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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:06:55 +0300 From: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com> To: Huang Shijie <shijie8@...il.com> Cc: dwmw2@...radead.org, dedekind1@...il.com, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: kill MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE Hi Huang, On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:38:45 -0400 Huang Shijie <shijie8@...il.com> wrote: > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig > index 588e989..0ca7257 100644 > --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig > @@ -22,15 +22,6 @@ menuconfig MTD_NAND > > if MTD_NAND > > -config MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE > - bool "Verify NAND page writes" > - help > - This adds an extra check when data is written to the flash. The > - NAND flash device internally checks only bits transitioning > - from 1 to 0. There is a rare possibility that even though the > - device thinks the write was successful, a bit could have been > - flipped accidentally due to device wear or something else. > - There are some defconfig files which set CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE. I guess you should submit an accompanying patch that removes CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE from all defconfig files. (also, trimmed the CC list for this specific discussion, seems unrelated to all of the parties) Regards, Shmulik -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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