linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] eeprom: at24: remove the write-protect pin support

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Date:   Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:03:42 +0100
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Khouloud Touil <ktouil@...libre.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        baylibre-upstreaming@...ups.io,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, linux-i2c <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] eeprom: at24: remove the write-protect pin support

pon., 16 gru 2019 o 09:13 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> napisał(a):
>
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 4:42 PM Khouloud Touil <ktouil@...libre.com> wrote:
>
> > NVMEM framework is an interface for the at24 EEPROMs as well as for
> > other drivers, instead of passing the wp-gpios over the different
> > drivers each time, it would be better to pass it over the NVMEM
> > subsystem once and for all.
> >
> > Removing the support for the write-protect pin after adding it to the
> > NVMEM subsystem.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Khouloud Touil <ktouil@...libre.com>
>
> I wonder if this needs to be in the same patch that adds it to
> the NVMEM subsystem, so as to avoid both code paths being
> taken between the two patches (bisectability..)
>
> However that is not the biggest thing in the universe and I'm
> no bisectability-perfectionist, so:
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

AFAIK Khouloud tested it and it's bisectable thanks to using the
optional gpiod_get() variant.

Best regards,
Bartosz Golaszewski