Re: [PATCH reworded] Revert "nvmem: add new config option"

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Oct 27 2023 - 07:18:54 EST


On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 12:27:59PM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This reverts commit 517f14d9cf3533d5ab4fded195ab6f80a92e378f.
>
> Config option "no_of_node" is no longer needed since adding a more
> explicit and targeted option "add_legacy_fixed_of_cells".
>
> That "no_of_node" config option was needed *earlier* to help mtd's case.
>
> DT nodes of MTD partitions (that are also NVMEM devices) may contain
> subnodes. Those SHOULD NOT be treated as NVMEM fixed cells.
>
> To prevent NVMEM core code from parsing subnodes a "no_of_node" option
> was added (and set to true in mtd) to make for_each_child_of_node() in
> NVMEM a no-op. That was a bit hacky because it was messing with
> "of_node" pointer to achieve some side-effect.
>
> With the introduction of "add_legacy_fixed_of_cells" config option
> things got more explicit. MTD subsystem simply tells NVMEM when to look
> for fixed cells and there is no need to hack "of_node" pointer anymore.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Greg: I reworded this PATCH's commit message. It's hopefully clear now
> that this revert is OK only with the "add_legacy_fixed_of_cells".

Much nicer, now applied, thanks!

greg k-h