linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] mtd: nand: gpmi: add proper raw access support

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Date:	Tue, 2 Dec 2014 10:01:01 -0800
From:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	Huang Shijie <shijie.huang@...el.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 v6 0/3] mtd: nand: gpmi: add proper raw access support

On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 09:21:50AM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Dec 2014 08:47:43 +0800 Huang Shijie <shijie.huang@...el.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 09:58:58AM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > On Mon, 1 Dec 2014 00:47:09 -0800 Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com> wrote:
> > > > Also, is it time to yank / fixup some of these comments from
> > > > gpmi-nand.c?
> > > 
> > > I was asking myself the same question...
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > >  ...
> > > >  * FIXME: The following paragraph is incorrect, now that there exist
> > > >  * ecc.read_oob_raw and ecc.write_oob_raw functions.
> > > >  *
> > > >  * Since MTD assumes the OOB is not covered by ECC, there is no pair of
> > > >  * ECC-based/raw functions for reading or or writing the OOB. The fact that the
> > > >  * caller wants an ECC-based or raw view of the page is not propagated down to
> > > >  * this driver.
> > > >  */
> > > 
> > > I guess we can remove them.
> > > Huang can you confirm that the raw access functions introduced in this
> > > series are covering what's described here ?
> > I think we can remove these comments now.
> 
> Brian, do you want me to send this patch or are you taking care of it ?

Go ahead and send a patch.

Brian
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