Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Dec 2016 18:31:06 +0200 | From | Mika Westerberg <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] spi-nor: Add support for Intel SPI serial flash controller |
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On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 02:33:12PM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote: > On 12/05/2016 12:27 PM, Mika Westerberg wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 03:06:23PM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote: > >> This is 6th iteration of the series. You can find the previous versions > >> archived on: > >> > >> v5: https://lwn.net/Articles/706363/ > >> v4: https://lwn.net/Articles/703773/ > >> v3: https://lwn.net/Articles/697231/ > >> v2: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2016-June/068277.html > >> v1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/6/14/269 > >> > >> This patch 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. > > > > Hi Lee, > > > > I think we have enough acks from the MTD maintainers. I wonder if you > > could merge this series via your MFD tree? > > > Ideally you'd merge 1/3 via MTD and 2,3/3 via MFD, but I'm not sure if > that is possible and if that is a sensible thing to do.
There is a dependency between patches 1 and 2 (and 3) so they should be merged together to avoid build errors. I'm fine if they go via either tree as long as someone picks them up ;-)
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