linux-kernel - Re: [patch 7/7] ps3: FLASH ROM Storage Driver

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Date:	Tue, 29 May 2007 11:57:52 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
cc:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 7/7] ps3: FLASH ROM Storage Driver

On Tue, 29 May 2007, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 10:36:14AM +0200, Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com wrote:
> > Add a FLASH ROM Storage Driver for the PS3:
> >   - Implemented as a misc character device driver
> >   - Uses a fixed 256 KiB buffer allocated from boot memory as the hypervisor
> >     requires the writing of aligned 256 KiB blocks
> 
> Looks good, but please either make the driver aware of multiple devices
> even if they can't happen currently, or alternatively error out in
> ->probe if of some reason it's called for a second device.

ps3flash_probe() does return -EBUSY when called for a second device.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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