linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: sh: maple: Support the Dreamcast visual memory unit as a flash mapping

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Message-ID: <20090227070805.GD28802@linux-sh.org>
Date:	Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:08:05 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	Adrian McMenamin <adrian@...golddream.dyndns.info>
Cc:	dwmw2 <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-input <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-sh <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	MTD <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: sh: maple: Support the Dreamcast visual memory unit as a flash mapping

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 08:26:42PM +0000, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> This patch adds support for the Sega Dreamcast visual memory unit as a
> flash mapping. It requires changes in the maple bus driver (posted
> separately) to support block reads and writes.
> 
> The VMU is a 'smart' flash device, with a built-in 8-bit controller -
> for instance there is an erase before a write but it is hidden from the
> user. But the device's overall behaviour means it works well with the
> mtd layer and it is appropriate to add it as an mtd mapping.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian McMenamin <adrian@...en.demon.co.uk>

If someone from the MTD side wants to Ack this, I can fold it in to my
tree on top of the maple patch that it depends on, which I already have
queued.
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