linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] spi: fsi: Reduce max transfer size to 8 bytes

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Message-ID: <20210716171936.GB4137@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 16 Jul 2021 18:19:36 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org, joel@....id.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] spi: fsi: Reduce max transfer size to 8 bytes

On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 08:39:14AM -0500, Eddie James wrote:
> Security changes have forced the SPI controllers to be limited to
> 8 byte reads. Refactor the sequencing to just handle 8 bytes at a
> time.

Which security changes where - somewhere else in Linux?

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