linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mtd: spi-nor: macronix: Add post

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Message-ID: <87210c38-2e6d-4f14-8a4f-ea02288604fa@linaro.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 07:48:42 +0000
From: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>
To: Cheng Ming Lin <linchengming884@...il.com>
Cc: pratyush@...nel.org, mwalle@...nel.org, miquel.raynal@...tlin.com,
 richard@....at, vigneshr@...com, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alvinzhou@...c.com.tw, leoyu@...c.com.tw,
 Cheng Ming Lin <chengminglin@...c.com.tw>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mtd: spi-nor: macronix: Add post_sfdp fixups for Quad
 Input Page Program



On 2/10/25 3:27 AM, Cheng Ming Lin wrote:
>> Also, if you touch all these flashes, will you please update them and
>> get rid of the stray flash info fields? I'm thinking of name, size, and
>> no_sfdp_flags.
> No problem. Would removing these stray flash info fields from the
> Macronix flash warrant a separate patch series, or should it be included
> with the current changes?

separate patch please, because removing those fields may introduce
regressions if SFDP data is not sane. You'll need to do the usual
mandatory tests when removing these fields too. But it's worth it,
you'll have cleaner code paths. Thanks!