[PATCH v5 3/3] Documentation / MTD: Rename the intel-spi driver

Tudor.Ambarus at microchip.com Tudor.Ambarus at microchip.com
Tue Feb 1 07:28:37 PST 2022


On 12/20/21 18:46, Mika Westerberg wrote:
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> Since the driver is renamed (and moved) update the BIOS upgrade guide
> accordingly from intel-spi to spi-intel. Keep the guide under MTD
> documentation because this is pretty much still about MTD and SPI-NOR.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg at linux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mauro Lima <mauro.lima at eclypsium.com>

Reviewed-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus at microchip.com>

> ---
>  Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst                    | 2 +-
>  .../driver-api/mtd/{intel-spi.rst => spi-intel.rst}       | 8 ++++----
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>  rename Documentation/driver-api/mtd/{intel-spi.rst => spi-intel.rst} (94%)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst
> index 436ba5a851d7..6a4278f409d7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst
> @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ Memory Technology Device (MTD)
>  .. toctree::
>     :maxdepth: 1
> 
> -   intel-spi
> +   spi-intel
>     nand_ecc
>     spi-nor
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/intel-spi.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-intel.rst
> similarity index 94%
> rename from Documentation/driver-api/mtd/intel-spi.rst
> rename to Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-intel.rst
> index 0465f6879262..df854f20ead1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/intel-spi.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-intel.rst
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  ==============================
> -Upgrading BIOS using intel-spi
> +Upgrading BIOS using spi-intel
>  ==============================
> 
>  Many Intel CPUs like Baytrail and Braswell include SPI serial flash host
> @@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ avoid accidental (or on purpose) overwrite of the content.
>  Not all manufacturers protect the SPI serial flash, mainly because it
>  allows upgrading the BIOS image directly from an OS.
> 
> -The intel-spi driver makes it possible to read and write the SPI serial
> +The spi-intel driver makes it possible to read and write the SPI serial
>  flash, if certain protection bits are not set and locked. If it finds
>  any of them set, the whole MTD device is made read-only to prevent
>  partial overwrites. By default the driver exposes SPI serial flash
>  contents as read-only but it can be changed from kernel command line,
> -passing "intel-spi.writeable=1".
> +passing "spi_intel.writeable=1".
> 
>  Please keep in mind that overwriting the BIOS image on SPI serial flash
>  might render the machine unbootable and requires special equipment like
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Linux.
>      serial flash. Distros like Debian and Fedora have this prepackaged with
>      name "mtd-utils".
> 
> - 3) Add "intel-spi.writeable=1" to the kernel command line and reboot
> + 3) Add "spi_intel.writeable=1" to the kernel command line and reboot
>      the board (you can also reload the driver passing "writeable=1" as
>      module parameter to modprobe).
> 
> --
> 2.34.1
> 



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