[PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: nvmem: syscon: Add syscon backed nvmem bindings
Marek Vasut
marex at denx.de
Tue May 23 20:29:50 PDT 2023
On 5/18/23 16:30, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 17/05/2023 17:25, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> Add trivial bindings for driver which permits exposing syscon backed
>> register to userspace. This is useful e.g. to expose U-Boot boot
>> counter on various platforms where the boot counter is stored in
>> random volatile register, like STM32MP15xx TAMP_BKPxR register.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
>> ---
>
> Let me also leave a note here - cross linking for all parties:
>
> Please propose a solution solving also mediatek,boottrap, probably
> extendable to range of registers. Other solution is what Rob mentioned -
> this might not be suitable for generic binding and device.
From what I can tell, shouldn't the mediatek 1g MAC driver have a
nvmem-cells phandle to this OTP/fuses/whatever area and shouldn't the
driver read out and decode its settings within the kernel ?
That doesn't seem really related to this particular issue I'm trying to
solve I'm afraid.
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