linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] platform/chrome: cros_ec_spi: Boot fingerprint processor during probe

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Message-ID: <YjOsM1aRzpAiPErC@google.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:46:27 -0700
From:   Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
To:     Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
Cc:     Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        chrome-platform@...ts.linux.dev,
        Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
        Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Craig Hesling <hesling@...omium.org>,
        Tom Hughes <tomhughes@...omium.org>,
        Alexandru M Stan <amstan@...omium.org>,
        Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] platform/chrome: cros_ec_spi: Boot fingerprint
 processor during probe

On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 05:58:14PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Add gpio control to this driver so that the fingerprint device can be
> booted if the BIOS isn't doing it already. This eases bringup of new
> hardware as we don't have to wait for the BIOS to be ready, supports
> kexec where the GPIOs may not be configured by the previous boot stage,
> and is all around good hygiene because we control GPIOs for this device
> from the device driver.
> 
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>
> Cc: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
> Cc: Craig Hesling <hesling@...omium.org>
> Cc: Tom Hughes <tomhughes@...omium.org>
> Cc: Alexandru M Stan <amstan@...omium.org>
> Cc: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>

Reviewed-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>