linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvmem: Do not expect fixed layouts to grab a layout driver

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Message-ID: <20231127091316.5b56a224@booty>
Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:13:16 +0100
From:   Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>
To:     Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
        Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvmem: Do not expect fixed layouts to grab a layout
 driver

Hi Miquèl,

On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 20:38:14 +0100
Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com> wrote:

> Two series lived in parallel for some time, which led to this situation:
> - The nvmem-layout container is used for dynamic layouts
> - We now expect fixed layouts to also use the nvmem-layout container but
> this does not require any additional driver, the support is built-in the
> nvmem core.
> 
> Ensure we don't refuse to probe for wrong reasons.
> 
> Fixes: 27f699e578b1 ("nvmem: core: add support for fixed cells *layout*")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Reported-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>
> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>

[fixes probing I2C EEPROMs using fixed-layout]
Tested-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>
Reviewed-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>

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Luca Ceresoli, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com