[PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: controllers: intel-spi: Add support for command line partitions

[Vignesh Raghavendra]

On 4/17/20 9:37 PM, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 08:26:11AM -0700, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
>> On Intel platforms, the usable SPI area is located several
>> MiB in from the start, to leave room for descriptors and
>> the Management Engine binary. Further, not all the remaining
>> space can be used, as the last 16 MiB contains firmware.
>>
>> To make the SPI usable for mtdblock and other devices,
>> it is necessary to enable command line partitions so the
>> middle usable region can be specified.
>>
>> Add a part_probes array which includes only "cmdelineparts",
>> and change to mtd_device_parse_register to use this part_probes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich at google.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg at linux.intel.com>
> 

scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict complains:

CHECK: Alignment should match open parenthesis
#46: FILE: drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/intel-spi.c:956:
+	ret = mtd_device_parse_register(&ispi->nor.mtd, part_probes,
+				       NULL, &part, 1);

WARNING: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch author '"Ronald G. Minnich" <rminnich at gmail.com>'

Regards
Vignesh