Re: [RFC v4 00/25] Re-use nvram module

2015-07-14 Thread Finn Thain
On Mon, 13 Jul 2015, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > How are we gonna merge this? I think the series would have to be merged almost whole. For the most part, no maintainer can merge any of this without ACKs from others: - to improve code re-use by replacing an API shared by arch-specific code

Re: [RFC v4 00/25] Re-use nvram module

2015-07-13 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
Hi Finn, On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Finn Thain wrote: > The generic NVRAM module, drivers/char/generic_nvram, implements a > /dev/nvram misc device. It is used only by 32-bit PowerPC platforms and > isn't generic enough to be more widely used. [...] Thanks for your work! How are we gonn

[RFC v4 00/25] Re-use nvram module

2015-07-12 Thread Finn Thain
The generic NVRAM module, drivers/char/generic_nvram, implements a /dev/nvram misc device. It is used only by 32-bit PowerPC platforms and isn't generic enough to be more widely used. The RTC NVRAM module, drivers/char/nvram, also implements a /dev/nvram misc device. It is used by x86, ARM and m6