/**
* nand_scan_with_ids - [NAND Interface] Scan for the NAND device
* @mtd: MTD device structure
- * @maxchips: number of chips to scan for
+ * @maxchips: number of chips to scan for. @nand_scan_ident() will not be run if
+ * this parameter is zero (useful for specific drivers that must
+ * handle this part of the process themselves, e.g docg4).
* @ids: optional flash IDs table
*
* This fills out all the uninitialized function pointers with the defaults.
struct nand_chip *chip = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
int ret;
- ret = nand_scan_ident(mtd, maxchips, ids);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
+ if (maxchips) {
+ ret = nand_scan_ident(mtd, maxchips, ids);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
ret = nand_attach(chip);
if (ret)