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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mtd/mtd.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mtd/mtd.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h index a86c4fa93115..cd0be91bdefa 100644 --- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h +++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h @@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ struct mtd_erase_region_info { * @datbuf: data buffer - if NULL only oob data are read/written * @oobbuf: oob data buffer * - * Note, it is allowed to read more than one OOB area at one go, but not write. - * The interface assumes that the OOB write requests program only one page's - * OOB area. + * Note, some MTD drivers do not allow you to write more than one OOB area at + * one go. If you try to do that on such an MTD device, -EINVAL will be + * returned. If you want to make your implementation portable on all kind of MTD + * devices you should split the write request into several sub-requests when the + * request crosses a page boundary. */ struct mtd_oob_ops { unsigned int mode; |