From: Boris Brezillon <bbrezillon@kernel.org>
To: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Cc: Mason Yang <masonccyang@mxic.com.tw>, Vignesh R <vigneshr@ti.com>,
Tudor Ambarus <Tudor.Ambarus@microchip.com>,
Julien Su <juliensu@mxic.com.tw>,
Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
Schrempf Frieder <frieder.schrempf@kontron.de>,
Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>,
Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
arm-soc <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 16/27] mtd: nand: ecc: Let the software BCH ECC engine be a module
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:24:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190222152416.734a2818@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190221150224.7b01b553@xps13>
On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:02:24 +0100
Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
> Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com> wrote on Thu, 21 Feb 2019 07:48:46 -0600:
>
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 6:58 AM Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > There is no reason to prevent the software BCH ECC engine
> > > implementation to be compiled as a module, so change the 'bool' into a
> > > 'tristate'.
> >
> > If you're booting from nand and need the BCH engine, it seems to me
> > like you'd need it to be compiled into the kernel because you'd have
> > to mount the filesystem before loading the module unless you have a
> > initramfs. If you need the BCH engine to mount the filesystem, it
> > creates a dependency issue.
>
> That's true, I could mention this use case in the commit log. But the
> action of choosing to compile it as a module is done by the user, so I
> guess preventing any user to use it as a module is nonetheless too
> restrictive?
I agree.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-02-22 14:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-02-21 12:57 [RFC PATCH 13/27] mtd: nand: ecc: Clarify the software Hamming introductory line Miquel Raynal
2019-02-21 12:57 ` [RFC PATCH 14/27] mtd: nand: ecc: Turn the software Hamming implementation generic Miquel Raynal
2019-02-21 13:22 ` Boris Brezillon
2019-02-21 12:57 ` [RFC PATCH 15/27] mtd: nand: Remove useless include about software Hamming ECC Miquel Raynal
2019-02-21 12:57 ` [RFC PATCH 16/27] mtd: nand: ecc: Let the software BCH ECC engine be a module Miquel Raynal
2019-02-21 13:48 ` Adam Ford
2019-02-21 14:02 ` Miquel Raynal
2019-02-22 14:24 ` Boris Brezillon [this message]
2019-02-21 12:57 ` [RFC PATCH 17/27] mtd: nand: ecc: Let the software Hamming ECC engine be unselected Miquel Raynal
2019-02-21 13:20 ` Boris Brezillon
2019-02-21 13:35 ` Miquel Raynal
2019-02-21 13:41 ` Boris Brezillon
2019-02-21 13:46 ` Miquel Raynal
2019-02-21 12:57 ` [RFC PATCH 18/27] mtd: nand: ecc: Create the software BCH engine instance Miquel Raynal
2019-02-21 12:57 ` [RFC PATCH 19/27] mtd: nand: ecc: Create the software Hamming " Miquel Raynal
2019-02-21 12:57 ` [RFC PATCH 20/27] mtd: nand: Let software ECC engines be retrieved from the NAND core Miquel Raynal
2019-02-22 14:29 ` Boris Brezillon
2019-02-25 15:49 ` Miquel Raynal
2019-02-25 16:13 ` Boris Brezillon
2019-02-26 15:54 ` Miquel Raynal
2019-02-21 12:58 ` [RFC PATCH 21/27] mtd: spinand: Fix typo in comment Miquel Raynal
2019-02-22 14:31 ` Boris Brezillon
2019-02-21 12:58 ` [RFC PATCH 22/27] mtd: spinand: Let the SPI-NAND core flag a SPI-NAND chip Miquel Raynal
2019-02-22 14:33 ` Boris Brezillon
2019-02-21 12:58 ` [RFC PATCH 23/27] mtd: spinand: Move the ECC helper functions into a separate file Miquel Raynal
2019-02-21 12:58 ` [RFC PATCH 24/27] mtd: spinand: Instantiate a SPI-NAND on-die ECC engine Miquel Raynal
2019-02-22 14:38 ` Boris Brezillon
2019-02-21 12:58 ` [RFC PATCH 25/27] mtd: nand: Add helpers to manage ECC engines and configurations Miquel Raynal
2019-02-22 14:44 ` Boris Brezillon
2019-02-25 16:01 ` Miquel Raynal
2019-02-25 16:34 ` Boris Brezillon
2019-02-25 18:48 ` Boris Brezillon
2019-02-26 15:59 ` [RFC PATCH 25/27] mtd: nand: Add helpers to manage ECC engines and configurationsND Miquel Raynal
2019-02-26 16:04 ` Boris Brezillon
2019-02-27 14:07 ` [RFC PATCH 25/27] mtd: nand: Add helpers to manage ECC engines and configurations Miquel Raynal
2019-02-27 14:30 ` Boris Brezillon
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