linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] mtd: nand: provide detailed description for raw read/write page methods

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Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:13:48 +0800
From:	Huang Shijie <shijie.huang@...el.com>
To:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
Cc:	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
	Huang Shijie <shijie8@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, Roy Lee <roylee@...pal.com>,
	Mike Voytovich <mvoytovich@...pal.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] mtd: nand: provide detailed description for raw
 read/write page methods

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:06:27AM -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:46:14AM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > read_page_raw and write_page_raw method description is not clear enough.
> > It clearly specifies that ECC correction should not be involved but does
> > not talk about specific layout (by layout I mean where in-band and
> > out-of-band data are stored on the NAND media) used by NAND/ECC
> > controllers.
> > 
> > Those specific layouts might impact MTD users and thus should be hidden (as
> > already done in the standard NAND_ECC_HW_SYNDROME implementation).
> > 
> > Clearly state this constraint in the nand_ecc_ctrl struct documentation.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
> 
> Pushed this patch to l2-mtd.git. Thanks!
thanks.

I am really happy you can merge this patch.

Huang Shijie
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