linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] nvmem: meson-efuse: add write support

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Message-ID: <7hwox33xf3.fsf@baylibre.com>
Date:   Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:42:40 -0700
From:   Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>
To:     Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
Cc:     Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        Carlo Caione <carlo@...one.org>,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] nvmem: meson-efuse: add write support

Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com> writes:

> This changeset adds write support to meson efuse driver.
> The first patch just changes the way the nvmem data are allocated w/o
> any functional changes. The second patches actually adds write support.
>
> The memory being an OTP, it is safer if it remains read-only by default,
> which is why I also submitted this DT patch [0].
>
> If a user knows what he is doing, it should be easy to remove the
> read-only property from the board DT. This can be done in u-boot, before
> starting linux:
>
>  > fdt rm /efuse read-only
>
> Tested on the gxl libretech-cc

For the series,

Reviewed-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>