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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 6/6] block: implement NVMEM provider
On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 05:02:32PM +0100, Daniel Golle wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 12:04:43AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > The layering here is exactly the wrong way around. This block device
> > as nvmem provide has not business sitting in the block layer and being
> > keyed ff the gendisk registration. Instead you should create a new
> > nvmem backed that opens the block device as needed if it fits your
> > OF description without any changes to the core block layer.
> >
>
> Ok. I will use a class_interface instead.

I'm not sure a class_interface makes much sense here. Why does the
block layer even need to know about you using a device a nvmem provider?
As far as I can tell your provider should layer entirely above the
block layer and not have to be integrated with it.

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