[PATCH v3 0/3] Introduce mtdblock device

[Michael Nazzareno Trimarchi]

Hi

I will review tomorrow, I need have a time window to test even on my board

Mihcael

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 6:09 PM Alexey Romanov
<avromanov at salutedevices.com> wrote:
>
> Hello! Ping.
>
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 01:58:10PM +0300, Alexey Romanov wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > This series adds support for the mtdblock device, which
> > allows to read/write data block by block. For example,
> > it can now be used for BCB or Android AB command:
> >
> >   $ bcb load mtd 0 part_name
> >
> > Tested only on SPI NAND, so bind is made only for
> > SPI NAND drivers.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Changes V1 -> V2 [1]:
> >
> >   - Drop patch [2].
> >   - Add warning if bind NAND mtdblock device.
> >   - Move documentation of mtdblock implementation
> >     from commit message to the source code.
> >   - Remove __maybe_unused from mtd partition functions
> >     description.
> >   - Use blk_enabled() instead of #ifdefs.
> >
> > Changes V2 -> V3 [2]:
> >
> >   - Rebased over [3].
> >   - Rename mtd_bread/bwrite -> mtd_blk_read/write.
> >   - Fix GPL-2.0 license short name definiton in headers.
> >   - Add empty line after MTD_ENTRY_NUMBERS define.
> >
> > Links:
> >
> >   - [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240227100441.1811047-1-avromanov@salutedevices.com/
> >   - [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240227100441.1811047-5-avromanov@salutedevices.com/
> >   - [3] https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20240403114047.84030-1-heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com/T/#u
> >
> > Alexey Romanov (3):
> >   disk: support MTD partitions
> >   drivers: introduce mtdblock abstraction
> >   spinand: bind mtdblock
> >
> >  disk/part.c                 |   3 +-
> >  drivers/block/blk-uclass.c  |   1 +
> >  drivers/mtd/Kconfig         |   1 +
> >  drivers/mtd/Makefile        |   1 +
> >  drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c      | 227 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c       |  69 +++++++++++
> >  drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c |  20 ++++
> >  include/linux/mtd/mtd.h     |  12 ++
> >  include/part.h              |   3 +
> >  9 files changed, 336 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
> >
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >
>
> --
> Thank you,
> Alexey



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