linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] dt-bindings: nvmem: new optional property wp-gpios

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Date:   Tue, 7 Jan 2020 10:50:48 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Khouloud Touil <ktouil@...libre.com>
Cc:     Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...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 v4 1/5] dt-bindings: nvmem: new optional property wp-gpios

On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 10:29 AM Khouloud Touil <ktouil@...libre.com> wrote:

> Several memories have a write-protect pin, that when pulled high, it
> blocks the write operation.
>
> On some boards, this pin is connected to a GPIO and pulled high by
> default, which forces the user to manually change its state before
> writing.
>
> Instead of modifying all the memory drivers to check this pin, make
> the NVMEM subsystem check if the write-protect GPIO being passed
> through the nvmem_config or defined in the device tree and pull it
> low whenever writing to the memory.
>
> Add a new optional property to the device tree binding document, which
> allows to specify the GPIO line to which the write-protect pin is
> connected.
>
> Signed-off-by: Khouloud Touil <ktouil@...libre.com>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij