[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/5] sf: Add support for status register protect

Jagan Teki jteki at openedev.com
Fri Oct 28 19:24:42 CEST 2016


On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:36 PM, George McCollister
<george.mccollister at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 1:57 PM, George McCollister
> <george.mccollister at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Many SPI NOR flash devices support status register protection through
>> one or two status register protection bits. Protection of the status
>> register is essential in defending the device from rogue software which
>> may attempt to modify block protection bits in order to make malicious
>> modifications to the data stored in flash. This patch series adds
>> status register protect support for STMICRO, SST, Winbond and Spansion
>> devices and also implements an sf sub-command to set the used
>> protection method.
>>
>> George McCollister (5):
>>   sf: Add status register protection mechanism
>>   sf: Add status register protect for STMICRO, SST
>>   sf: Use stm_lock/unlock for Spansion and Winbond
>>   sf: Add status register protect for Winbond
>>   sf: Add sr-protect sub-command
>>
>>  cmd/sf.c                      |  28 ++++++++++++
>>  drivers/mtd/spi/sf_internal.h |   2 +
>>  drivers/mtd/spi/spi_flash.c   | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>  include/spi_flash.h           |  17 +++++++
>>  4 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> --
>> 2.9.3
>>
>
> Jagan,
>
> I think get_maintainer.pl may have given me an old email address for
> you and you may have missed it on the mailing list. Either way if you
> get a chance I'd like hear what you think. I'm not sure which
> tree/branch you're working with (u-boot-spi
>  master?) but if you need it rebased just let me know.

But this still active. about the patches please wait for some time
will get back to you.

thanks!
-- 
Jagan Teki
Free Software Engineer | www.openedev.com
U-Boot, Linux | Upstream Maintainer
Hyderabad, India.


More information about the U-Boot mailing list