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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: gerg@kernel.org
Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, neil@brown.name,
	linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, blogic@openwrt.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: driver for Mediatek MT7621 SoC NAND flash controller
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 09:40:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191107084007.GA1203521@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191107073521.11413-1-gerg@kernel.org>

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?

> 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.

thanks,

greg k-h

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  reply	other threads:[~2019-11-07  8:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-07  7:35 [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: driver for Mediatek MT7621 SoC NAND flash controller gerg
2019-11-07  8:40 ` Greg KH [this message]
2019-11-08  4:34   ` Greg Ungerer
2019-11-10 11:39   ` Boris Brezillon
2019-11-10 12:22     ` Boris Brezillon
2019-11-07  9:20 ` René van Dorst
2019-11-08  4:46   ` Greg Ungerer
2019-11-10 11:35   ` Boris Brezillon
2019-11-07 11:15 ` Dan Carpenter
2019-11-08  6:16   ` Greg Ungerer

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