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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: driver for Mediatek MT7621 SoC NAND flash controller
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On 7/11/19 6:40 pm, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 05:35:21PM +1000, gerg@kernel.org wrote:
>> From: Greg Ungerer <gerg@kernel.org>
>>
>> Add a driver to support the NAND flash controller of the MediaTek MT7621
>> System-on-Chip device. (This one is the MIPS based parts from Mediatek).
>>
>> This code is a re-working of the earlier patches for this hardware that
>> have been floating around the internet for years:
>>
>> https://github.com/ReclaimYourPrivacy/cloak/blob/master/target/linux/ramips/patches-3.18/0045-mtd-add-mt7621-nand-support.patch
>>
>> This is a much cleaned up version, put in staging to start with.
>> It does still have some problems, mainly that it still uses a lot of the
>> mtd raw nand legacy support.
>
> Is that an issue? Why not just put it in the "real" part of the kernel
> then, if those apis are still in use?

Agreed. If the MTD folks have no problem with it.


>> The driver not only compiles, but it works well on the small range of
>> hardware platforms that it has been used on so far. I have been using
>> for quite a while now, cleaning up as I get time.
>>
>> So... I am looking for comments on the best approach forward with this.
>> At least in staging it can get some more eyeballs going over it.
>
> staging will just nit-pick it to death for coding style issues, it's not
> going to be get any major api changes/cleanups there usually. I'd
> recommend just merging this to the "real" part of the kernel now if it's
> working for you.

I'll spin a v2 based on Dan's feedback, and move it into drivers/mtd.

Thanks
Greg

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