From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42379C07E85 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 10:57:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EE162083D for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 10:57:38 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 0EE162083D Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=st.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726059AbeLGK5h (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2018 05:57:37 -0500 Received: from mx08-00178001.pphosted.com ([91.207.212.93]:53954 "EHLO mx07-00178001.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726013AbeLGK5h (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2018 05:57:37 -0500 Received: from pps.filterd (m0046660.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx08-00178001.pphosted.com (8.16.0.27/8.16.0.27) with SMTP id wB7Ar6WW004706; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 11:56:38 +0100 Received: from beta.dmz-eu.st.com (beta.dmz-eu.st.com [164.129.1.35]) by mx08-00178001.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 2p53mbh5gg-1 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 07 Dec 2018 11:56:38 +0100 Received: from zeta.dmz-eu.st.com (zeta.dmz-eu.st.com [164.129.230.9]) by beta.dmz-eu.st.com (STMicroelectronics) with ESMTP id B91A23F; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 10:56:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from Webmail-eu.st.com (sfhdag6node2.st.com [10.75.127.17]) by zeta.dmz-eu.st.com (STMicroelectronics) with ESMTP id 70A932AED; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 10:56:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [10.201.23.29] (10.75.127.45) by SFHDAG6NODE2.st.com (10.75.127.17) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1347.2; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 11:56:38 +0100 Subject: Re: [ v3 3/3] mtd: rawnand: stm32_fmc2: add manual mode To: Linus Walleij CC: Boris Brezillon , =?UTF-8?Q?Miqu=c3=a8l_Raynal?= , Richard Weinberger , David Woodhouse , Brian Norris , Mark Vasut , Rob Herring , Mark Rutland , , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" , References: <1543509663-26128-1-git-send-email-christophe.kerello@st.com> <1543509663-26128-4-git-send-email-christophe.kerello@st.com> From: Christophe Kerello Message-ID: Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 11:56:36 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.2.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [10.75.127.45] X-ClientProxiedBy: SFHDAG1NODE3.st.com (10.75.127.3) To SFHDAG6NODE2.st.com (10.75.127.17) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:,, definitions=2018-12-07_03:,, signatures=0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Linus, It is correct. I will replace "manual mode" by "polling mode" in next patchset. Regards, Christophe Kerello. On 12/7/18 10:16 AM, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 5:42 PM Christophe Kerello > wrote: > >> This patch adds the manual mode, a basic mode that do not need >> any DMA channels. This mode is also useful for debug purpose. >> >> Signed-off-by: Christophe Kerello > > This is a bit of drive-by comment, but "manual mode" usually > means there is a person "a man" pulling levers and pushing > buttons. There is nothing manual inside a computer system. > > I think the more appropriate term is "polling mode" which is > what we call code that read registers directly waiting for status > flags rather than relying on IRQs or DMA flows. > > Yours, > Linus Walleij >