[PATCH 1/1] spi: intel: Remove DANGEROUS tag from pci driver

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Modern CPUs exposes this controller as PCI device that only uses
hardware sequencing capabilities which is safer than software
sequencing.
Leave the platform driver as *DANGEROUS* and update help text since
most of these controllers are using software sequencing.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Lima <mauro.lima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/spi/Kconfig | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/Kconfig b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
index 87fc2bd16b72..3a362c450cb6 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ config SPI_INTEL
 	tristate
 
 config SPI_INTEL_PCI
-	tristate "Intel PCH/PCU SPI flash PCI driver (DANGEROUS)"
+	tristate "Intel PCH/PCU SPI flash PCI driver"
 	depends on PCI
 	depends on X86 || COMPILE_TEST
 	depends on SPI_MEM
@@ -455,8 +455,9 @@ config SPI_INTEL_PCI
 	help
 	  This enables PCI support for the Intel PCH/PCU SPI controller in
 	  master mode. This controller is present in modern Intel hardware
-	  and is used to hold BIOS and other persistent settings. Using
-	  this driver it is possible to upgrade BIOS directly from Linux.
+	  and is used to hold BIOS and other persistent settings. This
+	  driver only supports hardware sequencing mode. Using this
+	  driver it is possible to upgrade BIOS directly from Linux.
 
 	  Say N here unless you know what you are doing. Overwriting the
 	  SPI flash may render the system unbootable.
@@ -471,10 +472,10 @@ config SPI_INTEL_PLATFORM
 	select SPI_INTEL
 	help
 	  This enables platform support for the Intel PCH/PCU SPI
-	  controller in master mode. This controller is present in modern
-	  Intel hardware and is used to hold BIOS and other persistent
-	  settings. Using this driver it is possible to upgrade BIOS
-	  directly from Linux.
+	  controller in master mode that is used to hold BIOS and other
+	  persistent settings. Most of these controllers are using
+	  software sequencing mode. Using this driver it is possible to
+	  upgrade BIOS directly from Linux.
 
 	  Say N here unless you know what you are doing. Overwriting the
 	  SPI flash may render the system unbootable.
-- 
2.39.1




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