linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] new memory

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Message-Id: <20090326105137.5bf765e5.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:51:37 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...prootsystems.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] new memory_accessor interface and usage

On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:22:10 -0700 Kevin Hilman <khilman@...prootsystems.com> wrote:

> David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> writes:
> 
> > On Monday 16 March 2009, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> >> This series adds an interface by which other kernel code can read/write
> >> persistent memory such as I2C or SPI EEPROMs, or devices which provide
> >> NVRAM. __Use cases include storage of board-specific configuration data
> >> like Ethernet addresses and sensor calibrations, etc.
> >
> > Looks OK to me.  Once this goes in (with support for I2C and SPI EEPROMs)
> > then various RTC's NVRAM support can be updated too ... at a quick count,
> > that makes nine more drivers that can easily support this.
> >
> > I kind of like letting Linux have the option of using this kind of
> > persistent storage, instead of keeping it so that only bootloaders
> > (and maybe some userspace code) ever touch it.
> 
> Andrew,
> 
> What's the next step for this series?  It's one of those areas that
> doesn't seem to have clear ownership so this seems to be falling
> through the cracks.

I've been mostly-awol for a couple of weeks, sorry.  It's presently
stuck in my backlog queue along with everything else.  I'll start
chewing on that queue next week.

As the patch "is pretty much a blocking issue for merging more complete
DaVinci platform support" I guess we'll be wanting it in 2.6.30, yes?

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