[PATCH] mtd/nand: Don't add disabled nand flash devices
Lan Chunhe
b25806 at freescale.com
Mon Aug 22 20:04:35 EST 2011
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:46:29 +0800, Scott Wood <scottwood at freescale.com>
wrote:
> On 08/16/2011 04:27 AM, Chunhe Lan wrote:
>> Nand flash nodes with the property status="disabled" are not
>> usable and so avoid adding "disabled" nand flash devices with
>> the system.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chunhe Lan <Chunhe.Lan at freescale.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c | 5 ++++-
>> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c
>> b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c
>> index 33d8aad..8212c12 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c
>> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>> /* Freescale Enhanced Local Bus Controller NAND driver
>> *
>> - * Copyright © 2006-2007, 2010 Freescale Semiconductor
>> + * Copyright © 2006-2007, 2010-2011 Freescale Semiconductor
>> *
>> * Authors: Nick Spence <nick.spence at freescale.com>,
>> * Scott Wood <scottwood at freescale.com>
>> @@ -849,6 +849,9 @@ static int __devinit fsl_elbc_nand_probe(struct
>> platform_device *pdev)
>> struct device *dev;
>> struct device_node *node = pdev->dev.of_node;
>>
>> + if (!of_device_is_available(node))
>> + return -ENODEV;
>> +
>> if (!fsl_lbc_ctrl_dev || !fsl_lbc_ctrl_dev->regs)
>> return -ENODEV;
>> lbc = fsl_lbc_ctrl_dev->regs;
>
> Same comment as the other patch -- unavailable devices should already
> not be getting probed. Also, this subject line makes it sound like this
> is a NAND subsystem change rather than a change in one specific driver.
You are right.
The upper layers have prevented unavailable devices.
So, this patch is no need.
Thanks.
-Jack Lan
> -Scott
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