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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 0/3] spi-nor: Add support for Intel SPI serial flash controller
    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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