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From: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@gmail.com>
To: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/10] mtd: nand: pass proper 'oob_required' parameter
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On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:29:46 -0700 Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> wrote:
> We now have an interface for notifying the nand_ecc_ctrl functions when OOB
> data must be returned to the upper layers and when it may be left untouched.
> This patch fills in the 'oob_required' parameter properly from
> nand_do_{read,write}_ops. When utilized properly in the lower layers, this
> parameter can improve performance for NAND HW and SW that can simply avoid
> transferring the OOB data.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@gmail.com>

Regards,
Shmulik