>> If it is right or wrong to use that as an MTD is a matter of opinion. > > I am still hoping the MTD maintainer would provide input here.
I might be missing something, but what is the reasoning here, to add this to the mtd subsystem? One is saving space, but I agree with Marek, this isn't a valid argument to just put any (unrelated) stuff into the MTD subsystem. Also, as Marek pointed out, there are many different 'programming' solutions for CPLDs/FPGAs and most of them don't share anything with MTD. You seem to be just focusing on the "passive serial" one. Now, I saw you mentioned that | the current passive serial solutions does not use the existing SPI | drivers. What do you mean with SPI drivers? SPI flash drivers or SPI controller drivers? Does the "passive serial solution" expose an SPI bus and you can access the SPI flash on it in a generic way? Then the solution should be to write a SPI (controller) driver, the flash should then be automatically be detected. -michael
