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diff --git a/doc/README.nand b/doc/README.nand
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--- a/doc/README.nand
+++ b/doc/README.nand
@@ -120,6 +120,68 @@ Configuration Options:
    CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_CHIPS
       The maximum number of NAND chips per device to be supported.
 
+   CONFIG_SYS_NAND_SELF_INIT
+      Traditionally, glue code in drivers/mtd/nand/nand.c has driven
+      the initialization process -- it provides the mtd and nand
+      structs, calls a board init function for a specific device,
+      calls nand_scan(), and registers with mtd.
+
+      This arrangement does not provide drivers with the flexibility to
+      run code between nand_scan_ident() and nand_scan_tail(), or other
+      deviations from the "normal" flow.
+
+      If a board defines CONFIG_SYS_NAND_SELF_INIT, drivers/mtd/nand/nand.c
+      will make one call to board_nand_init(), with no arguments.  That
+      function is responsible for calling a driver init function for
+      each NAND device on the board, that performs all initialization
+      tasks except setting mtd->name, and registering with the rest of
+      U-Boot.  Those last tasks are accomplished by calling  nand_register()
+      on the new mtd device.
+
+      Example of new init to be added to the end of an existing driver
+      init:
+
+	/*
+	 * devnum is the device number to be used in nand commands
+	 * and in mtd->name.  Must be less than
+	 * CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_DEVICE.
+	 */
+	mtd = &nand_info[devnum];
+
+	/* chip is struct nand_chip, and is now provided by the driver. */
+	mtd->priv = &chip;
+
+	/*
+	 * Fill in appropriate values if this driver uses these fields,
+	 * or uses the standard read_byte/write_buf/etc. functions from
+	 * nand_base.c that use these fields.
+	 */
+	chip.IO_ADDR_R = ...;
+	chip.IO_ADDR_W = ...;
+
+	if (nand_scan_ident(mtd, CONFIG_SYS_MAX_NAND_CHIPS, NULL))
+		error out
+
+	/*
+	 * Insert here any code you wish to run after the chip has been
+	 * identified, but before any other I/O is done.
+	 */
+
+	if (nand_scan_tail(mtd))
+		error out
+
+	if (nand_register(devnum))
+		error out
+
+      In addition to providing more flexibility to the driver, it reduces
+      the difference between a U-Boot driver and its Linux counterpart.
+      nand_init() is now reduced to calling board_nand_init() once, and
+      printing a size summary.  This should also make it easier to
+      transition to delayed NAND initialization.
+
+      Please convert your driver even if you don't need the extra
+      flexibility, so that one day we can eliminate the old mechanism.
+
 NOTE:
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