linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] nvmem: add snvs

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 17:08:58 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] nvmem: add snvs_lpgpr driver

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 04:03:25PM +0100, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> 
> 
> On 18/09/17 15:12, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 12:33:43PM +0200, srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org wrote:
> > > From: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
> > > 
> > > This is a driver for Low Power General Purpose Register (LPGPR)
> > > available on i.MX6 SoCs in Secure Non-Volatile Storage (SNVS)
> > > of this chip.
> > > 
> > > It is a 32-bit read/write register located in the low power domain.
> > > Since LPGPR is located in the battery-backed power domain, LPGPR can
> > > be used by any application for retaining data during an SoC power-down
> > > mode.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
> > > Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/nvmem/Kconfig      |  10 +++
> > >   drivers/nvmem/Makefile     |   2 +
> > >   drivers/nvmem/snvs_lpgpr.c | 156 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >   3 files changed, 168 insertions(+)
> > >   create mode 100644 drivers/nvmem/snvs_lpgpr.c
> > 
> > Too late for 4.14, as -rc1 is already out.  How about for 4.15-rc1?
> > 
> Would appreciate if its possible to take it as a late one in next possible
> 4.14 rc.
> These patches were in the list of long time, I forgot to include this in the
> first set of nvmem patches!

I prefer not to add new stuff if at all possible after -rc1 is out.

thanks,

greg k-h