[Intel-gfx] [RFC PATCH 0/9] drm/i915/spi: discrete graphics internal spi

[Rodrigo Vivi]

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 03:35:19PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Feb 2021, "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler at intel.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> On Tue, 16 Feb 2021, Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler at intel.com> wrote:
> >> > Intel discrete graphic devices have internal spi storage, that holds
> >> > firmware and oprom images. The spi device is exposed to the user space
> >> > via mtd framework to be accessed during manufacturing.
> >> > The device is hardware locked after manufacturing and only read access
> >> > is provided.
> >> >
> >> > The i915 plays role of a multi function device (mfd) and spi device is
> >> > exposed as its child device. i915_spi platform driver binds to this
> >> > device.
> >> 
> >> What's the plan wrt i915/spi maintainership?
> >
> > My suggestions is that this will be maintained by myself, as the major
> > consumer is the manufacturing line.  It will be a separate section in
> > MAINTAINERS file.
> 
> Works for me. Do you want to apply the patches directly to drm-intel, or
> your own branch and send pull requests to i915 maintainers? Can also
> start with the former, and move to the latter as needed.
> 
> Joonas, Rodrigo, thoughts?

No strong opinion here. But I believe the pull request flow makes sense.

> 
> BR,
> Jani.
> 
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> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center
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