Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751328AbcLELdV (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2016 06:33:21 -0500 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([192.55.52.115]:26936 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750855AbcLELdU (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2016 06:33:20 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.33,747,1477983600"; d="scan'208";a="199074871" Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 13:27:27 +0200 From: Mika Westerberg To: Lee Jones Cc: Cyrille Pitchen , Marek Vasut , Boris Brezillon , Richard Weinberger , Brian Norris , David Woodhouse , Peter Tyser , key.seong.lim@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] spi-nor: Add support for Intel SPI serial flash controller Message-ID: <20161205112727.GI1459@lahna.fi.intel.com> References: <20161128120626.130693-1-mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161128120626.130693-1-mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.1 (2016-10-04) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1196 Lines: 27 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?