linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] block: add support for notifications

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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 22:54:52 -0700
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] block: add support for notifications

On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 03:00:05PM +0100, Daniel Golle wrote:
> The problem there is that then we cannot use Device Tree to device the
> NVMEM layouts, and reference NVMEM bits to the dirvers which need them.
> Hence also the definition of the NVMEM layout would have to happen in
> userspace, inside an initramfs. I know that having an initramfs is
> common for classic desktop or server distributions, but the same is not
> true on more simple embedded devices such as router/firewall or WiFi
> access point appliances running OpenWrt.

Maybe it needs to become more common so that we don't need crazy
kernel workarounds for something that can be trivially done with
a few lines of userspace code?