From: Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu@arm.com>
To: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
Cc: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>,
Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>,
u-boot@lists.denx.de, thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com,
Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fwu-mdata: Allow multiple metadata storage drivers to be enabled
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:42:21 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aYxWBRTdktKn8DRt@a079122.arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC_iWj+XZ46w859tFJc4FSEX-AOUGgmbwe=1dyU8-bPG7+R3+g@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 11:04:17AM +0200, Ilias Apalodimas wrote:
> Hi Kory
>
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 at 16:19, Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:49:18 -0600
> > Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 10:56:53AM +0100, Kory Maincent wrote:
> > >
> > > > Change the Kconfig from a "choice" to a conditional block, allowing
> > > > multiple FWU metadata storage drivers to be selected simultaneously
> > > > instead of being mutually exclusive.
> > > >
> > > > This enables systems with FWU metadata on different storage types
> > > > (e.g., both GPT-partitioned block devices and MTD devices) to have
> > > > both drivers compiled in. The board can then select the appropriate
> > > > driver at runtime based on the devicetree description.
> > > >
> > > > The change converts FWU_MDATA to a menuconfig and replaces the
> > > > "choice/endchoice" block with "if FWU_MDATA/endif", making
> > > > FWU_MDATA_GPT_BLK default to 'y' for backward compatibility.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Any news on this patch? Does something prevent it to be merged?
>
> I cc'ed Sughosh which maintains fwu. I can send a PR if we get an ACK
Apologies for the delay. I will get back on this by tomorrow. Thanks.
-sughosh
>
> Thanks
> /Ilias
> >
> > Regards,
> > --
> > Köry Maincent, Bootlin
> > Embedded Linux and kernel engineering
> > https://bootlin.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-11 10:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-14 9:56 [PATCH] fwu-mdata: Allow multiple metadata storage drivers to be enabled Kory Maincent
2026-01-14 14:49 ` Tom Rini
2026-02-06 14:19 ` Kory Maincent
2026-02-11 9:04 ` Ilias Apalodimas
2026-02-11 10:12 ` Sughosh Ganu [this message]
2026-02-11 10:22 ` Ilias Apalodimas
2026-02-12 11:17 ` Sughosh Ganu
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