[flashrom] Re: Questions regarding Easy project and GSoC

2022-03-17 Thread Thomas Heijligen
Hi Aarya, Thank you for contributing to flashrom. The merge of a patch sometimes needs just time, even if it has +2. The topic "fixing endianness issues" consists of tasks to rewrite code that assumes a specific endianness. For example, the flashrom fmap parser just maps packed c structs onto the

[flashrom] Re: Questions regarding Easy project and GSoC

2022-03-17 Thread Thomas Heijligen
Hi Aarya, Thank you for contributing to flashrom. The merge of a patch sometimes needs just time, even if it has +2. The topic "fixing endianness issues" consists of tasks to rewrite code that assumes a specific endianness. For example, the flashrom fmap parser just maps packed c structs onto the

[flashrom] Re: Sharing info about flashrom HW seq code refactoring https://review.coreboot.org/q/topic:PCH_HW_SEQ_Cleanup

2022-03-17 Thread Subrata Banik via flashrom
I agree with Tim and will try to provide more requested information and testing with those CLs. > Only your reasoning "maintain the code symmetry" is not enough to justify changes. Kindly ignore my #2 comment, re-reading it doesn't make sense to me :) to maintain the symmetry is the real reason f

[flashrom] Re: Sharing info about flashrom HW seq code refactoring https://review.coreboot.org/q/topic:PCH_HW_SEQ_Cleanup

2022-03-17 Thread Nico Huber
Hi Tim, On 17.03.22 17:54, Tim Wawrzynczak wrote: > On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 10:35 AM Nico Huber wrote: >> I'm sorry if this affects your work, but we have very bad experience >> with unnecessary code changes by CrOS developers. Currently `sb600spi` >> (the equivalent to `ichspi` for AMD platforms

[flashrom] Re: Sharing info about flashrom HW seq code refactoring https://review.coreboot.org/q/topic:PCH_HW_SEQ_Cleanup

2022-03-17 Thread Tim Wawrzynczak via flashrom
On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 10:35 AM Nico Huber wrote: > On 17.03.22 15:35, Subrata Banik wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 6:08 PM Nico Huber wrote: > >> On 16.03.22 17:19, Subrata Banik wrote: > >>> The reason for this refactoring of HW sequencing SPI driver code are: > >>> 1. We (Chrome OS team)

[flashrom] Re: Sharing info about flashrom HW seq code refactoring https://review.coreboot.org/q/topic:PCH_HW_SEQ_Cleanup

2022-03-17 Thread Subrata Banik via flashrom
HI Nico, Thanks for your email. Please find my response below. Thanks, Subrata On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 6:08 PM Nico Huber wrote: > Hi Subrata, > > On 16.03.22 17:19, Subrata Banik wrote: > > Hope you are doing well. > > I would like bring this activity in your notice > > https://review.corebo

[flashrom] Re: Sharing info about flashrom HW seq code refactoring https://review.coreboot.org/q/topic:PCH_HW_SEQ_Cleanup

2022-03-17 Thread Nico Huber
On 17.03.22 15:35, Subrata Banik wrote: > On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 6:08 PM Nico Huber wrote: >> On 16.03.22 17:19, Subrata Banik wrote: >>> The reason for this refactoring of HW sequencing SPI driver code are: >>> 1. We (Chrome OS team) recently ran into a firmware update issue on >>> dogfooders (t

[flashrom] Re: Release preparations

2022-03-17 Thread Nico Huber
On 13.03.22 16:28, Nico Huber wrote: > On 13.03.22 08:28, Anastasia Klimchuk wrote: >>> I suggest that we freeze the master branch for everything that is neither >>> a fix nor on the list (or a similar case that I missed) >> >> But how can we freeze master… that would mean no one can do any work? M

[flashrom] Re: Gatekeeping, ACLs and Review Rules

2022-03-17 Thread Nico Huber
Hi Anastasia, On 17.03.22 12:32, Anastasia Klimchuk wrote: >> For example, the flashrom project doesn't require that all comments >> be resolved before merge. That can be enabled if you'd like, but currently >> it isn't. > > Oh this explains! I was wondering where those “patches merged with > unr

[flashrom] Re: Sharing info about flashrom HW seq code refactoring https://review.coreboot.org/q/topic:PCH_HW_SEQ_Cleanup

2022-03-17 Thread Nico Huber
Hi Subrata, On 16.03.22 17:19, Subrata Banik wrote: > Hope you are doing well. > I would like bring this activity in your notice > https://review.coreboot.org/q/topic:PCH_HW_SEQ_Cleanup and seek help to > review the code. thank you for bringing this to the mailing list. Not only but also because

[flashrom] Re: Gatekeeping, ACLs and Review Rules

2022-03-17 Thread Anastasia Klimchuk
“For example, the flashrom project doesn't require that all comments be resolved before merge. That can be enabled if you'd like, but currently it isn't.” Oh this explains! I was wondering where those “patches merged with unresolved comments” are coming from. I am 100% voting for this setting to

[flashrom] Sharing info about flashrom HW seq code refactoring https://review.coreboot.org/q/topic:PCH_HW_SEQ_Cleanup

2022-03-17 Thread Subrata Banik via flashrom
Hello Team, Hope you are doing well. I would like bring this activity in your notice https://review.coreboot.org/q/topic:PCH_HW_SEQ_Cleanup and seek help to review the code. The reason for this refactoring of HW sequencing SPI driver code are: 1. We (Chrome OS team) recently ran into a firmware u