[Linux-stm32] [ v3 3/3] mtd: rawnand: stm32_fmc2: add manual mode

Christophe Kerello christophe.kerello at st.com
Fri Dec 7 10:56:36 UTC 2018


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
> <christophe.kerello at st.com> 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 <christophe.kerello at st.com>
> 
> 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
> 



More information about the Linux-stm32 mailing list