linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] mtd: spi-nor: mark the flash name as obsolete

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Message-Id: <20231215082138.16063-3-tudor.ambarus@linaro.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:21:36 +0200
From: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>
To: pratyush@...nel.org,
	michael@...le.cc,
	miquel.raynal@...tlin.com
Cc: richard@....at,
	jaimeliao@...c.com.tw,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] mtd: spi-nor: mark the flash name as obsolete

The flash name is unreliable as we saw flash ID collisions. Mark the
name as obsolete.

Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
index 29ed67725b18..d36c0e072954 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ struct spi_nor_id {
  * struct flash_info - SPI NOR flash_info entry.
  * @id:   pointer to struct spi_nor_id or NULL, which means "no ID" (mostly
  *        older chips).
- * @name: the name of the flash.
+ * @name: (obsolete) the name of the flash. Do not set it for new additions.
  * @size:           the size of the flash in bytes.
  * @sector_size:    (optional) the size listed here is what works with
  *                  SPINOR_OP_SE, which isn't necessarily called a "sector" by
-- 
2.34.1