From: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
To: "Rafał Miłecki" <zajec5@gmail.com>
Cc: "Srinivas Kandagatla" <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>,
"Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
"Conor Dooley" <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Michael Walle" <michael@walle.cc>,
"Miquel Raynal" <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, u-boot@lists.denx.de,
"Rafał Miłecki" <rafal@milecki.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/6] dt-bindings: nvmem: layouts: add U-Boot environment variables layout
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 17:11:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240104001129.GA2045237-robh@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231221173421.13737-1-zajec5@gmail.com>
On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 06:34:16PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
>
> U-Boot env data is a way of storing firmware variables. It's a format
> that can be used of top of various storage devices. Its binding should
> be an NVMEM layout instead of a standalone device.
>
> This patch adds layout binding which allows using it on top of MTD NVMEM
> device as well as any other. At the same time it deprecates the old
> combined binding.
I don't understand the issue. From a DT perspective, there isn't. A
partition is not a device, but is describing the layout of storage
already.
Rob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-04 0:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-21 17:34 [PATCH V3 1/6] dt-bindings: nvmem: layouts: add U-Boot environment variables layout Rafał Miłecki
2023-12-21 17:34 ` [PATCH V3 2/6] nvmem: core: add nvmem_dev_size() helper Rafał Miłecki
2023-12-21 17:34 ` [PATCH V3 3/6] nvmem: u-boot-env: use nvmem_add_one_cell() nvmem subsystem helper Rafał Miłecki
2023-12-21 17:34 ` [PATCH V3 4/6] nvmem: u-boot-env: use nvmem device helpers Rafał Miłecki
2023-12-21 17:34 ` [PATCH V3 5/6] nvmem: u-boot-env: improve coding style Rafał Miłecki
2023-12-21 17:34 ` [PATCH V3 6/6] nvmem: layouts: add U-Boot env layout Rafał Miłecki
2024-01-04 15:46 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-01-04 0:11 ` Rob Herring [this message]
2024-01-04 7:58 ` [PATCH V3 1/6] dt-bindings: nvmem: layouts: add U-Boot environment variables layout Miquel Raynal
2024-01-04 9:10 ` Rafał Miłecki
2024-01-15 17:09 ` Rob Herring
2024-01-15 22:10 ` Miquel Raynal
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