Cédric Le Goater <c...@kaod.org> writes: > Hello, > > This series starts with a first set of patches fixing I2C slave mode > in the Aspeed I2C controller, a test device and its associated test in > avocado. > > Follow some cleanups which allow the use of block devices instead of > drives. So that, instead of specifying : > > -drive file=./flash-ast2600-evb,format=raw,if=mtd > -drive file=./ast2600-evb.pnor,format=raw,if=mtd > ... > > and guessing from the order which bus the device is attached to, we > can use : > > -blockdev node-name=fmc0,driver=file,filename=./bmc.img > -device mx66u51235f,bus=ssi.0,drive=fmc0 > -blockdev node-name=fmc1,driver=file,filename=./bmc-alt.img > -device mx66u51235f,bus=ssi.0,drive=fmc1 > -blockdev node-name=pnor,driver=file,filename=./pnor > -device mx66l1g45g,bus=ssi.1,drive=pnor > ... > > It is not perfect, the CS index still depends on the order, but it is > now possible to run a machine without -drive ...,if=mtd.
Lovely! Does this cover all uses of IF_MTD, or only some? > This lacks the final patch enabling the '-nodefaults' option by not > creating the default devices if specified on the command line. It > needs some more evaluation of the possible undesired effects. Are you thinking of something similar to the default CD-ROM, i.e. use default_list to have -device suppress a certain kind of default devices, and also have -nodefaults suppress them all?
