linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] spi: spidev: Add Google SPI flash compatible string

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Date:	Wed, 20 May 2015 09:35:57 +0200
From:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@...labora.co.uk>
To:	Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
CC:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	David Hendricks <dhendrix@...gle.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] spi: spidev: Add Google SPI flash compatible
 string

Hello Baruch,

On 05/19/2015 09:53 PM, Baruch Siach wrote:
> Hi Javier,
> 
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 03:34:11PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> Google Chromebooks have a SPI flash that is used to store firmware and
>> different system parameters and data (i.e: Google Binary Block flags).
>> 
>> Since there isn't a driver for it yet, the spidev interface is used to
>> access the flash from user-space (i.e: using the flashrom tool).
>> 
>> Add a "google,spi-flash" compatible string so the Device Tree sources
>> use it instead of the "spidev" compatible which does not describe the
>> real HW and is just a Linux implementation detail.
>> 
>> A generic "google,spi-flash" OF device ID is used instead of the actual
>> vendor/model because these chips are commodity parts that are sourced
>> from multiple vendors. So specifying the exact vendor and model in the
>> DTS will add a maintenance burden with no real gain (the parts are 100%
>> compatible anyways) and will likely result in it simply being wrong for
>> a sizeable fraction of the machines.
> 
> The compatible string and dt binding should be documented somewhere under 
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/. Also, please keep the dt list on Cc for dt 
> related patches.
>

Yes, I didn't add a binding doc because this is mostly a RFC to see if
Mark finds the approach feasible but yes I should had included anyways,
sorry about that.

I'll add when posting as a proper patch if he agrees with the solution.
 
> baruch
> 

Best regards,
Javier
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