Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Sep 2022 12:37:45 +0200 | From | Miquel Raynal <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH v2 19/20] nvmem: layouts: rewrite the u-boot-env driver as a NVMEM layout |
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Hi Michael,
michael@walle.cc wrote on Fri, 2 Sep 2022 00:18:56 +0200:
> Instead of hardcoding the underlying access method mtd_read() and > duplicating all the error handling, rewrite the driver as a nvmem > layout which just uses nvmem_device_read() and thus works with any > NVMEM device. > > But because this is now not a device anymore, the compatible string > will have to be changed so the device will still be probed: > compatible = "u-boot,env"; > to > compatible = "u-boot,env", "nvmem-cells"; > > "nvmem-cells" will tell the mtd layer to register a nvmem_device(). > "u-boot,env" will tell the NVMEM that it should apply the u-boot > environment layout to the NVMEM device. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc> > --- > changes since v1: > - none > > drivers/nvmem/layouts/Kconfig | 8 ++ > drivers/nvmem/layouts/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/nvmem/layouts/u-boot-env.c | 144 +++++++++++++++++++ > drivers/nvmem/u-boot-env.c | 218 -----------------------------
Nit: IIRC there is a MAINTAINERS entry to update as well.
Thanks, Miquèl
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