From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756827AbcILIoa (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Sep 2016 04:44:30 -0400 Received: from mga04.intel.com ([192.55.52.120]:54731 "EHLO mga04.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755226AbcILIo2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Sep 2016 04:44:28 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.30,322,1470726000"; d="scan'208";a="759760919" Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:35:37 +0300 From: Mika Westerberg To: Lee Jones , David Woodhouse Cc: Brian Norris , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, Peter Tyser , key.seong.lim@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] spi-nor: Add support for Intel SPI serial flash controller Message-ID: <20160912083537.GA1811@lahna.fi.intel.com> References: <1471245044-12767-1-git-send-email-mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> <20160829071125.GX1812@lahna.fi.intel.com> <20160830091330.GH1661@dell> <20160830092803.GH1709@lahna.fi.intel.com> <20160830104743.GD10121@dell> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160830104743.GD10121@dell> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.0 (2016-08-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:47:43AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote: > On Tue, 30 Aug 2016, Mika Westerberg wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 10:13:30AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote: > > > On Mon, 29 Aug 2016, Mika Westerberg wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 10:10:41AM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > This is third version of the series. Previous versions can be found: > > > > > > > > > > v2: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2016-June/068277.html > > > > > v1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/6/14/269 > > > > > > > > > > This series adds support for the Intel SPI serial flash controller found on > > > > > many recent Intel CPUs including Baytrail and Braswell. This driver makes > > > > > it possible to access the BIOS and other platform data which is stored on > > > > > the SPI serial flash. It is also possible to upgrade the BIOS using this > > > > > driver if it has not been protected by special hardware bits. > > > > > > > > > > The patch [1/3] includes documentation how to upgrade BIOS on MinnowBoard > > > > > MAX. > > > > > > > > > > Since poking the SPI serial flash can brick the machine, this driver can > > > > > only be enabled when CONFIG_EXPERT=y and even then it will remain read-only > > > > > unless instructed othwerwise by module parameter. > > > > > > > > > > Lee can you ACK/NACK the MFD parts so that we can merge the whole series > > > > > through the MTD tree? > > > > > > Why does it need to go into the MTD tree? What are the *build* > > > dependencies? > > > > The first patch adds include/linux/platform_data/intel-spi.h which is > > needed by the second patch to fill in the platform data structure. > > That's reasonable. > > I'm happy for the set to be routed via MTD. I do require a tagged > immutable branch (with only these patches on) to pull from though. Hmm, still nothing from Brian and we are already in -rc6. David, you are also listed as MTD maintainer would you be able pick the driver up to your linux-mtd tree and provide Lee an immutable branch?