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| From | Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] spi-nor: Add support for Intel SPI serial flash controller |
| Date | 2016-08-30 11:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <sbNGp-2Zk-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <s6klI-2uR-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <sbp1n-4ix-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <sbNn3-2ST-21@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo |
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.
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Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] spi-nor: Add support for Intel SPI serial flash controller Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2016-08-29 09:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] spi-nor: Add support for Intel SPI serial flash controller Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2016-08-30 11:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] spi-nor: Add support for Intel SPI serial flash controller Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2016-08-30 11:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] spi-nor: Add support for Intel SPI serial flash controller Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2016-08-30 12:50 +0200
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