From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753894AbcGFLqH (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2016 07:46:07 -0400 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:1530 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753463AbcGFLqF (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2016 07:46:05 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.28,318,1464678000"; d="scan'208";a="134606532" Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 14:46:00 +0300 From: Mika Westerberg To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Cc: Brian Norris , David Woodhouse , Lee Jones , Peter Tyser , key.seong.lim@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] spi-nor: Add support for Intel SPI serial flash controller Message-ID: <20160706114600.GD23527@lahna.fi.intel.com> References: <1466609565-113251-1-git-send-email-mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1466609565-113251-1-git-send-email-mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 06:32:42PM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote: > Hi, > > This is second version of the series. The first version can be found here: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/6/14/269 > > This 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. > > Changes from v1: > > [1/3] spi-nor: Add support for Intel SPI serial flash controller > > * Older hardware does not support 64k erase command so added erase_64k > flag which is set only for Broxton (BXT). > > * Fix protection range offset for Broxton. Now there is ispi->pregs > pointing to the start of the protection registers. > > * Change naming of constants from BCR_BYT -> BYT_BCR and so on. > > [2/3] mfd: lpc_ich: Add support for SPI serial flash host controller > > * Drop lpc_ich_finalize_spi_cell() and initialize cell directly in > lpc_ich_init_spi(). > > * Use info->type in switch in lpc_ich_init_spi(). > > * Add defines for magic numbers used in lpc_ich_init_spi(). > > * Use PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE with mfd_add_devices(). > > [3/3] mfd: lpc_ich: Add support for Intel Apollo Lake SoC > > * No changes > > Mika Westerberg (3): > spi-nor: Add support for Intel SPI serial flash controller > mfd: lpc_ich: Add support for SPI serial flash host controller > mfd: lpc_ich: Add support for Intel Apollo Lake SoC Ping. Any comments on this?