Re: [PATCH v2 00/15] mtd: maps: physmap cleanups

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Hi Linus,

On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:45:49 +0200
Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 9:49 AM Boris Brezillon
> <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > This is an attempt at merging physmap_of.c, gpio-addr-flash.c and
> > physmap.c. The rational behind this decision is code sharing and
> > consistency with what's done in other parts of the kernel:
> >
> > - physmap_of is just adding OF/DT support to the physmap logic, and we
> >   usually put that code in the pre-existing driver instead of creating
> >   a new one
> >
> > - gpio-addr-flash is just an extension of the physmap logic which is
> >   needed when the platform does not have enough native ADDR lines
> >   to address the whole flash. Again, I think this core belongs in the
> >   physmap driver
> >
> > Patches 1 to 9 are just cleanups, and are not really related to the
> > merging of physmap_of and gpio-addr-flash into physmap.c.
> >
> > Patch 10 to 13 are doing the actual merging work, and patch 14 is
> > documenting the addr-gpios property that has been added to support
> > the gpio-addr-flash on DT platforms.
> >
> > Patch 15 is a cosmetic change proposed by Ricardo.  
> 
> This series:
> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I expect to test the result when rebasing my patches for Gemini,
> so hope for this to hit your devel branch after v4.20-rc1.
> 

I already have a topic branch [1] in case you want to start working on
it before 4.20-rc1.

Regards,

Boris

[1]https://github.com/bbrezillon/linux-0day/tree/mtd/physmap-cleanup

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