linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: denali: remove ->erase hook

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Date:   Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:36:58 +0100
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Boris Brezillon <bbrezillon@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: denali: remove ->erase hook

Hi Masahiro,

Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote on Mon, 21 Jan
2019 13:52:06 +0900:

> Commit f9ebd1bb4103 ("mtd: rawnand: Deprecate ->erase()") discouraged
> the use of this hook, so I am happy to follow the suggestion.
> 
> Although the Denali IP provides a special MAP10 command for erasing,
> using it would not buy us much. The Denali IP actually works with the
> generic erasing by single_erase() + ->cmdfunc hook (nand_command_lp)
> + ->cmd_ctrl hook (denali_cmd_ctrl).
> 
> This method is also deprecated, but denali_erase() can go away
> irrespective of ->exec_op conversion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>

Applied to nand/next.

Thanks!
Miquèl