Re: New MMC maintainer needed

[Matt Fleming]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:26:23PM +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> 
> [PATCH 0/32] mmc and omap_hsmmc patches
> http://marc.info/?t=124722953900010&r=1&w=2
> 
> I haven't looked through these at all. The ones affecting the core
> probably need some thorough reviews.
> 
> I did notice the patch to say which cards a controller supports though,
> and I'm very sceptical about that one. The scanning process should work
> anyway, and the performance impact should be negligible as it is only
> on init. So that patch only adds complexity and confusion IMO.
> 

How much complexity does it really add? Surely it's better to give the
host controller driver writers the ability to not entertain supporting
some cards if they cannot be used? If they want to avoid the scanning
process for certain cards, why not let them?


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