Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] nvmem: add support for the write-protect pin

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On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 4:42 PM Khouloud Touil <ktouil@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The write-protect pin handling looks like a standard property that
> could benefit other users if available in the core nvmem framework.
>
> Instead of modifying all the memory drivers to check this pin, make
> the NVMEM subsystem check if the write-protect GPIO being passed
> through the nvmem_config or defined in the device tree and pull it
> low whenever writing to the memory.
>
> There was a suggestion for introducing the gpiodesc from pdata, but
> as pdata is already removed it could be replaced by adding it to
> nvmem_config.
>
> Reference: https://lists.96boards.org/pipermail/dev/2018-August/001056.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Khouloud Touil <ktouil@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

This is consistent IMO, we just specify that WP is active high
as in "when it is high, it actively protects against writing", so:
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij



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