From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752420AbZGaKyh (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:54:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751885AbZGaKyg (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:54:36 -0400 Received: from cs20.apochromatic.org ([204.152.189.161]:65398 "EHLO cs20.apochromatic.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751748AbZGaKyg (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:54:36 -0400 Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:54:07 +0100 From: Matt Fleming To: Pierre Ossman Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org, nico@cam.org, nicolas.ferre@rfo.atmel.com, hskinnemoen@atmel.com, tony@atomide.com, david-b@pacbell.net, manuel.lauss@gmail.com, mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl, ppisa@pikron.com, jarkko.lavinen@nokia.com, ben@fluff.org, saschasommer@freenet.de, avorontsov@ru.mvista.com, oakad@yahoo.com, ian@mnementh.co.uk, HaraldWelte@viatech.com, JosephChan@via.com.tw, adrian.hunter@nokia.com Subject: Re: New MMC maintainer needed Message-ID: <20090731105407.GA31900@console-pimps.org> References: <20090714153601.6dfe70ff@mjolnir.ossman.eu> <20090722151744.fffd7bf5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20090728222334.0c543c47@mjolnir.ossman.eu> <20090731122623.254fd0f1@mjolnir.ossman.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090731122623.254fd0f1@mjolnir.ossman.eu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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?