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From: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
To: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi-nor: intel-spi: Remove EXPERT dependency
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On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 12:40:53AM -0700, Bin Meng wrote:
> The idea to have the intel-spi driver dependent on EXPERT was exactly
> because we did not want ordinary users playing with the device and
> inadvertently overwrite their BIOSes (if it is not protected). This
> seems to be superfluous hence remove it.
> 
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>