[GIT PULL] mtd: Changes for 6.17

[Pratyush Yadav]

On Fri, Aug 01 2025, Miquel Raynal wrote:

> Hello Pratyush,
>
>>> * SPI NOR changes:
>>>
>>> A notable changes is the fix for exiting 4-byte addressing on Infineon
>>> SEMPER flashes. These flashes do not support the standard EX4B
>>> opcode (E9h), and use a vendor-specific opcode (B8h) instead.
>>>
>>> There is also a fix for unlocking flashes that are write-protected at
>>> power-on. This was caused by using an uninitialized mtd_info in
>>> spi_nor_try_unlock_all().
>>
>> I personally think bullet points are a bit easier to read for changelogs
>> compared to paragraphs since there is less filler text needed. For
>> example, my original merge message didn't the "there is also a fix for".
>> It just said "Fix unlocking of...".
>>
>> Anyway, if you still prefer paragraphs then do let me know and I'll use
>> those next time around and save you some editing.
>
> Some time ago Linus asked me to change the content of the PR description
> (I was mostly listing the patches) and pointed to examples which were
> mostly plain English, not bullet points. So I changed both the content
> (hinting what are the major changes and roughly describing the small
> ones) and the form (no bullet points). I've kept splitting the
> subsystems with '*' though, as the changes in each subsystem are
> mostly unrelated.
>
> I'm fine either ways, but I assumed until now that the preferred form
> was plain text descriptions.

Okay, fair enough. I can do plain text next time around.

-- 
Regards,
Pratyush Yadav