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From: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>
To: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>,
	linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
	Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@freescale.com>,
	Sascha Hauer <kernel@pengutronix.de>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org, Steven Miao <realmz6@gmail.com>,
	adi-buildroot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>,
	linux-mips@linux-mips.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] defconfigs: add MTD_SPI_NOR (dependency for M25P80)
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:53:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140417105302.GA32603@ulmo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1397719309-2022-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com>

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On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:21:44AM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We are introducing a new SPI-NOR library/framework for MTD, to support various
> types of SPI-NOR flash controllers which require (or benefit from) intimate
> knowledge of the flash interface, rather than just the relatively dumb SPI
> interface. This library borrows much of the m25p80 driver for its abstraction
> and moves this code into a spi-nor module.

If this is a common library, then the more common approach to solve this
would be to have each driver that uses it to select MTD_SPI_NOR rather
than depend on it. That way you can drop this whole series to update the
default configurations.

Thierry

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From: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>
To: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Cc: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>,
	linux-mips@linux-mips.org, Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>,
	linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	Steven Miao <realmz6@gmail.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>,
	adi-buildroot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Sascha Hauer <kernel@pengutronix.de>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@freescale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] defconfigs: add MTD_SPI_NOR (dependency for M25P80)
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:53:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140417105302.GA32603@ulmo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1397719309-2022-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com>

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On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:21:44AM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We are introducing a new SPI-NOR library/framework for MTD, to support various
> types of SPI-NOR flash controllers which require (or benefit from) intimate
> knowledge of the flash interface, rather than just the relatively dumb SPI
> interface. This library borrows much of the m25p80 driver for its abstraction
> and moves this code into a spi-nor module.

If this is a common library, then the more common approach to solve this
would be to have each driver that uses it to select MTD_SPI_NOR rather
than depend on it. That way you can drop this whole series to update the
default configurations.

Thierry

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From: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] defconfigs: add MTD_SPI_NOR (dependency for M25P80)
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 10:53:03 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140417105302.GA32603@ulmo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1397719309-2022-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com>

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On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:21:44AM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We are introducing a new SPI-NOR library/framework for MTD, to support various
> types of SPI-NOR flash controllers which require (or benefit from) intimate
> knowledge of the flash interface, rather than just the relatively dumb SPI
> interface. This library borrows much of the m25p80 driver for its abstraction
> and moves this code into a spi-nor module.

If this is a common library, then the more common approach to solve this
would be to have each driver that uses it to select MTD_SPI_NOR rather
than depend on it. That way you can drop this whole series to update the
default configurations.

Thierry

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From: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>
To: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Cc: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>,
	linux-mips@linux-mips.org, Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>,
	linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, Steven Miao <realmz6@gmail.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>,
	adi-buildroot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Sascha Hauer <kernel@pengutronix.de>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@freescale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] defconfigs: add MTD_SPI_NOR (dependency for M25P80)
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:53:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140417105302.GA32603@ulmo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1397719309-2022-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com>

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On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:21:44AM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We are introducing a new SPI-NOR library/framework for MTD, to support various
> types of SPI-NOR flash controllers which require (or benefit from) intimate
> knowledge of the flash interface, rather than just the relatively dumb SPI
> interface. This library borrows much of the m25p80 driver for its abstraction
> and moves this code into a spi-nor module.

If this is a common library, then the more common approach to solve this
would be to have each driver that uses it to select MTD_SPI_NOR rather
than depend on it. That way you can drop this whole series to update the
default configurations.

Thierry

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From: thierry.reding@gmail.com (Thierry Reding)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/5] defconfigs: add MTD_SPI_NOR (dependency for M25P80)
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:53:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140417105302.GA32603@ulmo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1397719309-2022-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com>

On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:21:44AM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We are introducing a new SPI-NOR library/framework for MTD, to support various
> types of SPI-NOR flash controllers which require (or benefit from) intimate
> knowledge of the flash interface, rather than just the relatively dumb SPI
> interface. This library borrows much of the m25p80 driver for its abstraction
> and moves this code into a spi-nor module.

If this is a common library, then the more common approach to solve this
would be to have each driver that uses it to select MTD_SPI_NOR rather
than depend on it. That way you can drop this whole series to update the
default configurations.

Thierry
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Thread overview: 105+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-04-17  7:21 [PATCH 0/5] defconfigs: add MTD_SPI_NOR (dependency for M25P80) Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21 ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21 ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21 ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21 ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21 ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21 ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21 ` [PATCH 1/5] ARM: defconfigs: add MTD_SPI_NOR (new dependency " Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21   ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21   ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17 11:08   ` Marek Vasut
2014-04-17 11:08     ` Marek Vasut
2014-04-17 11:08     ` Marek Vasut
2014-04-21  2:32   ` Huang Shijie
2014-04-21  2:32     ` Huang Shijie
2014-04-21  2:32     ` Huang Shijie
2014-04-25 16:39   ` Stephen Warren
2014-04-25 16:39     ` Stephen Warren
2014-04-25 16:39     ` Stephen Warren
2014-04-29 17:22     ` Ezequiel Garcia
2014-04-29 17:22       ` Ezequiel Garcia
2014-04-29 17:22       ` Ezequiel Garcia
2014-04-29 17:48       ` Jason Cooper
2014-04-29 17:48         ` Jason Cooper
2014-04-29 17:48         ` Jason Cooper
2014-04-29 18:28         ` Ezequiel Garcia
2014-04-29 18:28           ` Ezequiel Garcia
2014-04-29 18:28           ` Ezequiel Garcia
2014-04-29 18:55           ` Jason Cooper
2014-04-29 18:55             ` Jason Cooper
2014-04-29 18:55             ` Jason Cooper
2014-04-29 19:06     ` Brian Norris
2014-04-29 19:06       ` Brian Norris
2014-04-29 19:06       ` Brian Norris
2014-04-29 19:22       ` Ezequiel Garcia
2014-04-29 19:22         ` Ezequiel Garcia
2014-04-29 19:22         ` Ezequiel Garcia
2014-05-01  6:04         ` Brian Norris
2014-05-01  6:04           ` Brian Norris
2014-05-01  6:04           ` Brian Norris
2014-04-29 19:42       ` Stephen Warren
2014-04-29 19:42         ` Stephen Warren
2014-04-29 19:42         ` Stephen Warren
2014-05-01  6:07         ` Brian Norris
2014-05-01  6:07           ` Brian Norris
2014-05-01  6:07           ` Brian Norris
2014-05-01 16:48           ` Stephen Warren
2014-05-01 16:48             ` Stephen Warren
2014-05-01 16:48             ` Stephen Warren
2014-04-30  5:39       ` Huang Shijie
2014-04-30  5:39         ` Huang Shijie
2014-04-30  5:39         ` Huang Shijie
2014-04-30 11:45       ` Jason Cooper
2014-04-30 11:45         ` Jason Cooper
2014-04-30 11:45         ` Jason Cooper
2014-05-01  6:08         ` Brian Norris
2014-05-01  6:08           ` Brian Norris
2014-05-01  6:08           ` Brian Norris
2014-05-03 22:51         ` Olof Johansson
2014-05-03 22:51           ` Olof Johansson
2014-05-03 22:51           ` Olof Johansson
2014-05-04 17:42           ` Jason Cooper
2014-05-04 17:42             ` Jason Cooper
2014-05-04 17:42             ` Jason Cooper
2014-05-04 18:53             ` Olof Johansson
2014-05-04 18:53               ` Olof Johansson
2014-05-04 18:53               ` Olof Johansson
2014-05-06 17:05               ` Brian Norris
2014-05-06 17:05                 ` Brian Norris
2014-05-06 17:05                 ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21 ` [PATCH 2/5] blackfin: " Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21   ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21 ` [PATCH 3/5] mips: " Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21   ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21   ` Brian Norris
2014-04-19  0:24   ` Florian Fainelli
2014-04-19  0:24     ` Florian Fainelli
2014-04-19  0:49     ` Brian Norris
2014-04-19  0:49       ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21 ` [PATCH 4/5] powerpc: " Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21   ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21   ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21 ` [PATCH 5/5] sh: defconfig: " Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21   ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17  7:21   ` Brian Norris
2014-04-17 10:53 ` Thierry Reding [this message]
2014-04-17 10:53   ` [PATCH 0/5] defconfigs: add MTD_SPI_NOR (dependency " Thierry Reding
2014-04-17 10:53   ` Thierry Reding
2014-04-17 10:53   ` Thierry Reding
2014-04-17 10:53   ` Thierry Reding
2014-04-18  6:30   ` Brian Norris
2014-04-18  6:30     ` Brian Norris
2014-04-18  6:30     ` Brian Norris
2014-04-18  6:30     ` Brian Norris
2014-04-18  6:30     ` Brian Norris
2014-04-21 14:52     ` Marek Vasut
2014-04-21 14:52       ` Marek Vasut
2014-04-21 14:52       ` Marek Vasut
2014-04-21 14:52       ` Marek Vasut
2014-04-21 14:52       ` Marek Vasut
2014-04-17 11:07 ` Marek Vasut
2014-04-17 11:07   ` Marek Vasut
2014-04-17 11:07   ` Marek Vasut
2014-04-17 11:07   ` Marek Vasut
2014-04-17 11:07   ` Marek Vasut

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