[PATCH] scripts: config_whitelist: CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_AUTOPROTECT_LIST

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Sun Sep 4 17:30:35 CEST 2022


On Sun, Sep 04, 2022 at 06:28:56PM +0300, Sergei Antonov wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Sept 2022 at 18:23, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > > > > > What type must it be in Kconfig? Note, it is an array initializer
> > > > > > similar to CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ah, ugh. So, it's also currently unused code, what does it look like in
> > > > > the platform you're making use of this on?
> > > >
> > > > In my _defconfig I use this line:
> > > > CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_AUTOPROTECT_LIST="{{0x80000000, 0x40000}}"
> > > > To protect the first 256 KB of flash memory.
> > >
> > > Please, disregard the previous message. I was too hasty to reply.
> > >
> > > I have include/configs/myplatform.h file which contains this line:
> > > #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_AUTOPROTECT_LIST {{0x80000000, 0x40000}}
> > >
> > > And I could not convert it to Kconfig string parameter.
> >
> > Can this information be obtained from an existing device tree binding on
> > the platform?
> 
> Device tree exists. No, DT does not currently contain this
> information. But it can be added.

OK. But, is there an existing binding, or would it be a new one? I'm
wary of adding and upstreaming a new binding here, as the next option
would be to rename this to CFG_SYS_FLASH_AUTOPROTECT_LIST and continue
to #define it.

-- 
Tom
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