linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] mtd: nand: Add support for Arasan Nand Flash Controller

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Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2015 11:38:10 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	punnaiah choudary kalluri <punnaia@...inx.com>,
	Punnaiah Choudary Kalluri 
	<punnaiah.choudary.kalluri@...inx.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	"michals@...inx.com" <michals@...inx.com>, wangzhou1@...ilicon.com,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Gerhard Sittig <gsi@...x.de>, haokexin@...il.com,
	Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Punnaiah Choudary <kpc528@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] mtd: nand: Add support for Arasan Nand Flash Controller

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 10:18 +0530, punnaiah choudary kalluri wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Andy Shevchenko
>> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 2015-11-05 at 08:19 +0530, Punnaiah Choudary Kalluri wrote:
>> > > Added the basic driver for Arasan Nand Flash Controller used in
>> > > Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC. It supports only Hw Ecc and upto 24bit
>> > > correction.
>> > >
>> >
>> > > +config MTD_NAND_ARASAN
>> > > +     tristate "Support for Arasan Nand Flash controller"
>> > > +     depends on MTD_NAND
>> >
>> > This looks useless since you can't see the item without MTD_NAND is
>> > chosen.
>> >
>> > > +     help
>> > > +       Enables the driver for the Arasan Nand Flash controller
>> > > on
>> > > +       Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC.
>> > > +
>> > >  endif # MTD_NAND
>> > >
>> >
>> > +obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_ARASAN)          += arasan_nfc.o
>> >
>> > "nfc" part a bit ambiguous since NFC might be Near Field
>> > Communication.
>>
>> This driver is under mtd/nand so, there is no point of confusion and
>> in this context nfc is nand flash controller.
>
> Imagine that at some point arasan (whatever) releases NFC chip, and
> someone puts the driver under corresponding folder but with the same
> file name (and driver name). Do you see a problem? I see two:
> - if you built-in both how you supply command line parameters?
> - some platform code may do request_module() or
> platform_driver_register() with the name you provided as DRIVER_NAME.

#3: Module filenames must be unique, too. "modprobe arasan_nfc.ko" won't
know which module to load.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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