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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 00/25] at24: remove
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    On 13/11/18 7:31 PM, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
    > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>
    >
    > Now that nvmem has gained support for defining cells from board files and
    > looking them up from relevant drivers[1], it's time for a respin of the
    > previous series[2] that aims at removing struct at24_platform_data from
    > the tree.
    >
    > Since I took over maintainership of the at24 driver I've been working
    > towards removing at24_platform_data in favor for device properties.
    >
    > DaVinci is the only platform that's still using it - all other users
    > have already been converted.
    >
    > One of the obstacles in case of DaVinci is removing the setup() callback
    > from the pdata struct, the only user of which are some davinci boards.
    >
    > First we add support for nvmem to MTD in a way previously discussed with
    > Boris Brezillon and Srinivas Kandagatla.
    >
    > Then, since most boards use the EEPROM to store the MAC address, we register
    > relevant cells for all users, implement a function that allows to read
    > the MAC address from nvmem (and also replaces the previous DT-specific
    > variant) and make davinci_emac aware of it.
    >
    > Next we switch all davinci users to using at24 device properties instead
    > of platform data. While we're at it: we remove all other traces of the
    > setup callback and platform data from davinci.
    >
    > Finally we remove the at24 platform data structure.
    >
    > I kept the review tags in patches that haven't changed from the last
    > submission.
    >
    > As far as merging of this series goes: I'd like to avoid dragging it over
    > four releases. The series is logically split into five groups:
    >
    > patches 1-2: nvmem and mtd changes
    > patches 3-9: davinci arch-specific changes

    Applied patches 3-9 to davinci tree for v4.21

    > patches 10-13: networking changes
    > patches 14-24: davinci specific again
    > patch 25: final at24 change
    >
    > With that I believe we can do the following: Greg KH could pick up the
    > first two patches into his char-misc tree. Sekhar would take the second
    > group and the third would go through the networking tree since the first
    > three sets are not linked in any way. This would be merged for 4.21. Then
    > for the next release Sekhar would pick up 14-24, provide an immutable
    > branch for me and I'd merge the final patch for at24 and send it upstream
    > through Wolfram's i2c tree (maybe we could even delay the i2c PR in the
    > merge window to avoid the immutable branch altogether).
    >
    > [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/21/293
    > [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/8/8/528

    Thanks,
    Sekhar

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