linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2]Intel Moorestown NAND driver patch for mainline

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Message-ID: <20090609003839.GB22766@suse.de>
Date:	Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:38:39 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	"Gao, Yunpeng" <yunpeng.gao@...el.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2]Intel Moorestown NAND driver patch for mainline

On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 11:47:10AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 12:23 +0800, Gao, Yunpeng wrote:
> > The Moorestown NAND flash driver is licensed from the Moorestown NAND
> > controller vendor. It's a standalone NAND driver. According to the
> > vendor, this driver has some advanced features specific to the
> > controller hardware and is difficult to port to MTD subsystem. 
> 
> I don't believe it. If the MTD subsystem doesn't support certain
> features, the MTD subsystem needs to be updated to cope.

Based on this response, I am guessing that you do not want me to take
this in the staging tree? :)

If so, please let me know and I'll drop it.

thanks,

greg k-h
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