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-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig6
-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/nand/gpio.c4
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
index 4c51d2c9acc1..7d0150d20432 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
@@ -75,10 +75,12 @@ config MTD_NAND_DENALI_SCRATCH_REG_ADDR
boards, the scratch register is at 0xFF108018.
config MTD_NAND_GPIO
- tristate "GPIO NAND Flash driver"
+ tristate "GPIO assisted NAND Flash driver"
depends on GPIOLIB
help
- This enables a GPIO based NAND flash driver.
+ This enables a NAND flash driver where control signals are
+ connected to GPIO pins, and commands and data are communicated
+ via a memory mapped interface.
config MTD_NAND_AMS_DELTA
tristate "NAND Flash device on Amstrad E3"
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/gpio.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/gpio.c
index 117ce333fdd4..226eda6f2eee 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/gpio.c
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
*
* © 2004 Simtec Electronics
*
- * Device driver for NAND connected via GPIO
+ * Device driver for NAND flash that uses a memory mapped interface to
+ * read/write the NAND commands and data, and GPIO pins for control signals
+ * (the DT binding refers to this as "GPIO assisted NAND flash")
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as