On 03/07/2017 09:26 AM, Alban wrote:
> Config data for drivers, like MAC addresses, is often stored in MTD.
> Add a binding that define how such data storage can be represented in
> device tree.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alban <al...@free.fr>
> ---
> Changelog:
> v2: * Added a "Required properties" section with the nvmem-provider
> property
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/nvmem/mtd-nvmem.txt | 33
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nvmem/mtd-nvmem.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nvmem/mtd-nvmem.txt
> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nvmem/mtd-nvmem.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..8ed25e6
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nvmem/mtd-nvmem.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
> += NVMEM in MTD =
> +
> +Config data for drivers, like MAC addresses, is often stored in MTD.
> +This binding define how such data storage can be represented in device tree.
> +
> +An MTD can be defined as an NVMEM provider by adding the `nvmem-provider`
> +property to their node. Data cells can then be defined as child nodes
> +of the partition as defined in nvmem.txt.
Why don't we just read the data from MTD and be done with it ? What's
the benefit of complicating things by using nvmem ?
> +Required properties:
> +nvmem-provider: Indicate that the device should be registered as
> + NVMEM provider
> +
> +Example:
> +
> + flash@0 {
> + ...
> +
> + partition@2 {
> + label = "art";
> + reg = <0x7F0000 0x010000>;
> + read-only;
> +
> + nvmem-provider;
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <1>;
> +
> + eeprom@1000 {
> + label = "wmac-eeprom";
> + reg = <0x1000 0x1000>;
> + };
> + };
> + };
>
--
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
