On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 03:22:48PM +0800, Barry Song wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmai...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:27:31AM +0800, Barry Song wrote:
> > [...]
> >> > How about we add a non_jedec flag in platform_data, if the flag is 1, we
> >> > let the detection pass even though the ID is 0? Otherwise, we need a
> >> > valid ID?
> >> Here i mean:
> >
> > This will break at least OF-enabled platforms (e.g. PowerPC),
> > they assume that the driver will success for non-JEDEC flashes.
> > OF platforms don't pass platform data, and even if they did,
> > device tree doesn't specify if the flash is JEDEC or non-JEDEC.
> >
> > Which is why I think that, by default, the driver should
> > successfully register the flash even if JEDEC probe fails. So,
> > instead of checking for "!non_jedec", I would recommend
> > "force_jedec" check.
>
> Mike Frysinger suggested to use non_jedec since most devices are
> standard jedec devices.
Well, on OF platforms most devices that I'm aware of are non-JEDEC.
> Only if non_jedec=1, we let the detection pass
> if ID is 0.
Then please #ifdef it with CONFIG_OF.
Thanks,
> >> Index: drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
> >> ===================================================================
> >> --- drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c (revision 8927)
> >> +++ drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c (revision 8929)
> >> @@ -795,8 +795,13 @@
> >>
> >> jid = jedec_probe(spi);
> >> if (!jid) {
> >> - dev_info(&spi->dev, "non-JEDEC variant of %s\n",
> >> - id->name);
> >> + if (!data->non_jedec) {
> >> + dev_err(&spi->dev, "fail to detect%s\n",
> >> + id->name);
> >> + return -ENODEV;
> >> + } else
> >> + dev_info(&spi->dev, "non-JEDEC variant of
> >> %s\n",
> >> + id->name);
> >> } else if (jid != id) {
> >
> > --
> > Anton Vorontsov
> > email: cbouatmai...@gmail.com
> > irc://irc.freenode.net/bd2
> >
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Anton Vorontsov
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