[PATCH V4 RFC 2/3] nvmem: add driver for ocotp in i.MX23 and i.MX28

[Marek Vasut]

On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 08:45:21 AM, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> Hi Marek,

Hi!

> Am 20.07.2015 um 00:12 schrieb Marek Vasut:
> > On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 12:04:58 AM, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> >> This patch brings read-only support for the On-Chip OTP cells
> >> in the i.MX23 and i.MX28 processor. The driver implements the
> >> new NVMEM provider API.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren at i2se.com>
> > 
> > How come this driver isn't doing any manipulation with the VDDIO
> > voltage -- or did I miss that? I seem to remember that the VDDIO
> > had to be lowered to 2.8V before the fuses could be programmed
> > and restored to 3.3V afterward. See for example recent mainline
> > u-boot, drivers/misc/mxs_ocotp.c .
> 
> Why should the driver implement VDDIO manipulation when there is only
> read-only support for the OTP bits? There is no ambition to implement
> write support. Maybe i should clarify that in the comments.

Urm, sorry, I missed that read-only part. I apologize.

> Btw i'm on your side that because programming the OTP from userspace is
> to dangerous.

:)

Best regards,
Marek Vasut