linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] nvmem: Add backwards compatibility support for older EEPROM drivers.

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Date:	Sat, 12 Dec 2015 12:04:01 +0100
From:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:	GregKH <greg@...ah.com>, srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org,
	maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com, broonie@...nel.org, vz@...ia.com,
	afd@...com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@...sulko.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] nvmem: Add backwards compatibility support for older
 EEPROM drivers.


> of the AT25 equivalent, which is why i removed it. So this API is
> dying on its own.

Yes, it is dying; but it is lying around, rotting, and smelling. I'd
like to bury it away.

> However, the NVMEM APIs are DT only, so are not a replacement for
> memory_accessor. We need to keep memory_accessor until Davinci gets
> converted to DT.

I don't expect these boards to be converted to DT. We'll have to figure
something else somewhen.

Thanks,

   Wolfram


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