linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] mtd: nand: pxa3xx-nand: fix readid without keep

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Date:	Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:22:28 +0200
From:	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
To:	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@...guardiasur.com.ar>
Cc:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mtd: nand: pxa3xx-nand: fix readid without keep_config

Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@...guardiasur.com.ar> writes:

> On 11 Aug 09:57 PM, Robert Jarzmik wrote:
>> The cases of READID detection are broken on pxa3xx. The reason is that
>> in the early stages of nand probing, ie. at pxa3xx_nand_scan(), we
>> always have :
>>  - info->use_dma = 0 (regardless of dma support yet)
>>  - info->chunk_size = 0 (not yet detected)
>> 
>> The READID issued by pxa3xx_nand_scan() will therefore end up in
>> handle_data_pio(), and do_bytes will be 0, leading to not reading the
>> nand id, and blocking detection.
>> 
>> This doesn't happen if "keep_config" is used, which is probably the most
>> tested case.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
>> Fixes: 70ed85232a93 ("mtd: nand: pxa3xx: Introduce multiple page I/O
>> support")
>
> To be fair, Antoine submitted this a while ago:
>
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2015-April/058739.html
>
> Not sure which one takes precedence in such a case (and yours
> has a proper Fixes tag).
His has precedence. How is it that a fix patch is not yet merge since April ?
Is it because it's part of a still in review serie ?

Cheers.

--
Robert
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