Re: [PATCH 1/2] mtdpart: memory accessor interface for MTD layer

From: David Woodhouse
Date: Thu May 13 2010 - 19:50:49 EST


On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 13:41 -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> From: Sudhakar Rajashekhara <sudhakar....@xxxxxx>
>
> This patch implements memory accessor interface in the MTD
> layer which enables the kernel to access flash data.
>
> This patch adds two new members to the mtd_partition structure,
> a function handler which will be called during setup of the
> partition and an argument to be passed to this setup function.

Ick.

I don't mind providing the mtd_macc_{read,write} helper functions,
although they should work on generic MTD devices not just on partitions.
But do we really have to do the callout to arbitrary functions from
_within_ the core MTD code... why can't we do that in the board driver?

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David Woodhouse Open Source Technology Centre
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