[U-Boot] [RFC PATCH 1/2 v2] nand: allow delayed initialization

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Sun Oct 3 20:27:13 CEST 2010


Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <1286048840-1901-1-git-send-email-vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
> Many people like the current nand_init() behavior where it is always
> initialized during boot and the flash size shown, but there are cases
> where we are willing to forgo this niceness for speed/functionality.
> So rather than change the default, introduce a delayed config option
> people may enable.  This way the nand is only poked when someone tries
> to actually use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org>
> ---
...
>  extern void nand_init(void);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_DELAYED_INIT
> +# define nand_delayed_init() nand_init()
> +#else
> +# define nand_delayed_init() do { } while (0)
> +#endif

Would it not be esier to rename your nand_delayed_init() into
nand_init(), and add a "#ifndef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_DELAYED_INIT" around
the current call to nand_init()?

Question: is there a risk of problems with boards that have the
environment in NAND?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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