Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751135AbbD3ObN (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Apr 2015 10:31:13 -0400 Received: from down.free-electrons.com ([37.187.137.238]:50204 "EHLO mail.free-electrons.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750947AbbD3ObJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Apr 2015 10:31:09 -0400 Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:31:07 +0200 From: Antoine Tenart To: Ezequiel Garcia Cc: Sebastian Hesselbarth , Antoine Tenart , dwmw2@infradead.org, computersforpeace@gmail.com, boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com, zmxu@marvell.com, jszhang@marvell.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Robert Jarzmik Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 04/10] mtd: pxa3xx_nand: rework flash detection and timing setup Message-ID: <20150430143106.GE4433@kwain> References: <1429118648-19416-1-git-send-email-antoine.tenart@free-electrons.com> <1429118648-19416-5-git-send-email-antoine.tenart@free-electrons.com> <552EB7F0.2090106@gmail.com> <552FB4DF.1030403@free-electrons.com> <552FBC0E.20004@gmail.com> <552FEA74.5020909@free-electrons.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <552FEA74.5020909@free-electrons.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1338 Lines: 33 On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 01:59:32PM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote: > On 04/16/2015 10:41 AM, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote: > > > All we need is a function to convert sdr_timings to sane driver > > timings. And we really need to split this patch into tiny pieces > > otherwise it is not reviewable - or at least I need a full overview > > about the driver first. > > > > I think that's a bit of a different issue. This patch seems to be doing > two things: it removes the in-driver flash detection *and* reworks > timing setup. > > How about we split this in two or even three patches? Along these lines: > 1) introduce timing helpers, 2) rework timing setup, 3) remove in-driver > flash detection. Not sure how feasible it is. That's quite difficult, as you cannot have 1) without having the changes made in 2). Flash detection and timing reworks are linked and I'm not sure we can have this split into 2 or 3 patches without having a state where the driver does not work. Antoine -- Antoine T?nart, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/