linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] mtd: spi-nor: Parse BFPT to determine the 4-Byte Address Mode methods

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Message-ID: <20220401105454.7qfkoq2li36m3qyk@ti.com>
Date:   Fri, 1 Apr 2022 16:24:54 +0530
From:   Pratyush Yadav <p.yadav@...com>
To:     Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...rochip.com>
CC:     <michael@...le.cc>, <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>, <richard@....at>,
        <vigneshr@...com>, <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] mtd: spi-nor: Parse BFPT to determine the 4-Byte
 Address Mode methods

On 09/03/22 04:42PM, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
> BFPT[DWORD(16)] defines the methods to enter and exit the 4-Byte Address
> Mode. Parse BFPT to determine the method. Will rename the methods with
> generic names in a further patch, to keep things trackable in this one.
> 
> Some regressions may be introduced by this patch, because the
> params->set_4byte_addr_mode method that was set either in
> spi_nor_init_default_params() or later overwritten in default_init() hooks,
> may now be overwritten with a different value based on the BFPT data. If
> that's the case, the fix is to introduce a post_bfpt fixup hook where one
> should fix the wrong BFPT info.

Okay. Let's try to queue this series (and its dependencies) early in the 
rc cycle to give some time to catch bugs.

Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav <p.yadav@...com>

-- 
Regards,
Pratyush Yadav
Texas Instruments Inc.