linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] nvmem: core: add NVMEM

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Message-ID: <92f2d6fc-3710-1ae9-a392-1e812246b5f0@free.fr>
Date:   Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:26:33 +0200
From:   Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonzalez@...e.fr>
To:     Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] nvmem: core: add NVMEM_SYSFS Kconfig

On 16/04/2019 11:59, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:

> Many nvmem providers are not very keen on having default sysfs
> nvmem entry, as most of the usecases for them are inside kernel
> itself. And in some cases read/writes to some areas in nvmem are
> restricted and trapped at secure monitor level, so accessing them
> from userspace would result in board reboots.
> 
> This patch adds new NVMEM_SYSFS Kconfig to make binary sysfs entry
> an optional one. This provision will give more flexibility to users.
> This patch also moves existing sysfs code to a new file so that its
> not compiled in when its not really required.

"it's" ;-)

Regards.