On Mon, 16 May 2016 09:55:34 +0200 Boris Brezillon <boris.brezil...@free-electrons.com> wrote:
> Hi Moritz, > > On Wed, 11 May 2016 10:47:39 -0700 > Moritz Fischer <moritz.fisc...@ettus.com> wrote: > > > This allows for getting a struct mtd_info from a node pointer, > > allowing mtd devices to e.g. store serial numbers or MAC addresses. > > Can you detail a bit what you'll do next. I guess you need to provide > this information to in-kernel users, and those users will just call > mtd_read() after retrieving the mtd_info pointer. > > Here are a few questions (I'm assuming the netdev + MAC address case): > - how would you link the net/PHY device to the MTD partition storing > the MAC address Sorry, I sent it before asking all my questions :). - it seems quite specific to MTD devices to me. What if the MAC address is stored in something that is not exposed as an MTD device. I wonder if we shouldn't add an nvmem wrapper around MTD devices. -- Boris Brezillon, Free Electrons Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://free-electrons.com