linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] MTD: s3c2410_nand: Add option to disable hw ECC at runtime

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Message-ID: <1302782911.2796.21.camel@localhost>
Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:08:31 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
Cc:	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Holger Freyther <zecke@...nmoko.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] MTD: s3c2410_nand: Add option to disable hw ECC at
 runtime

On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 21:47 +0200, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> From: Holger Freyther <zecke@...nmoko.org>
> 
> This patch adds a flag to the s3c2410_nand platform data, which configures
> whether hardware ECC is used.
> 
> Currently it is only possible to decide whether hw ECC should be used or not at
> compile time through a config option. But if you want to build a kernel which
> runs on multiple devices you might have a configuration where some devices
> require hw ECC and some devices which want software ECC.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>

Extending platform data is kind of vetoed in arm tree, I do not think
the MTD tree can take these changes.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)

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