linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: remove unused ->init

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Date:	Thu, 1 Oct 2015 10:21:38 -0700
From:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Huang Shijie <shijie.huang@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: remove unused ->init_size() hook

On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 04:58:27PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> The ->init_size() hook was introduced to let NAND controller drivers
> support NAND devices that could not be described in the nand_ids table.
> Since then, the core has added support for extended-id parsing and
> full-id description, thus allowing to describe pretty much all existing
> NANDs.
> Moreover, this hook is not used by any mainline driver, and should not be
> used by new drivers, because detecting the NAND chip is not something
> controller specific.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>

Looks obvious and passes all my builds. Pushed to l2-mtd.git.
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