[PATCH v3 0/3] Introduce mtdblock device

[Alexey Romanov]

Hello Michael,

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 06:14:29PM +0200, Michael Nazzareno Trimarchi wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I will review tomorrow, I need have a time window to test even on my board

Any news?

> 
> 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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Thank you,
Alexey