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SubjectRe: [PATCH v8 4/4] soc: imx8m: change to use platform driver
On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 04:37:26PM +0800, Alice Guo (OSS) wrote:
> From: Alice Guo <alice.guo@nxp.com>
>
> Directly reading ocotp register depends on that bootloader enables ocotp
> clk, which is not always effective, so change to use nvmem API. Using
> nvmem API requires to support driver defer probe and thus change
> soc-imx8m.c to use platform driver.
>
> The other reason is that directly reading ocotp register causes kexec
> kernel hang because the 1st kernel running will disable unused clks
> after kernel boots up, and then ocotp clk will be disabled even if
> bootloader enables it. When kexec kernel, ocotp clk needs to be enabled
> before reading ocotp registers, and nvmem API with platform driver
> supported can accomplish this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alice Guo <alice.guo@nxp.com>
> ---
> Changes for v8:
> - none
> Changes for v7:
> - solve the problem "drivers/soc/imx/soc-imx8m.c:174:34: warning:
> unused variable"

There was a reviewed-by part of changelog. The tag was in your commit.
I am now confused, as changes for v8 say "none"... but shall I trust it?

Best regards,
Krzysztof

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