linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: nand: support for Toshiba BENAND (Built-in ECC NAND)

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Date:	Fri, 12 Jun 2015 10:11:02 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	KOBAYASHI Yoshitake <yoshitake.kobayashi@...hiba.co.jp>
Cc:	dwmw2@...radead.org, computersforpeace@...il.com,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: nand: support for Toshiba BENAND (Built-in ECC
 NAND)

On Fri, 2015-06-12 at 01:00 +0900, KOBAYASHI Yoshitake wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
> index 5897d8d..050f0e9 100644

> +config MTD_NAND_BENAND
> +	tristate
> +	depends on MTD_NAND_BENAND_ENABLE
> +	default MTD_NAND
> +
> +config MTD_NAND_BENAND_ENABLE
> +	bool "Support for Toshiba BENAND (Built-in ECC NAND)"
> +	default y

Why do you default to 'y'?

> +	help
> +		This enables support for Toshiba BENAND.
> +		Toshiba BENAND is a SLC NAND solution that automatically
> +		generates ECC inside NAND chip.
> +

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_benand.c

> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(nand_benand_status_chk);

I didn't spot any users of nand_benand_status_chk() outside of this
file. Why is this export needed?

Thanks,


Paul Bolle

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