Re: [PATCH v6 0/5] Support EFI partition on NVIDIA Tegra devices
From: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>
Date: 2021-08-24 10:38:16
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On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 01:40:02AM +0200, Michał Mirosław wrote:
On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 08:27:15PM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:quoted
21.08.2021 01:41, Michał Mirosław пишет:quoted
On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 01:19:15AM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:quoted
This series adds the most minimal EFI partition support for NVIDIA Tegra consumer devices, like Android tablets and game consoles, making theirs eMMC accessible out-of-the-box using downstream bootloader and mainline Linux kernel. eMMC now works on Acer A500 tablet and Ouya game console that are already well supported in mainline and internal storage is the only biggest thing left to support.[...] Could we provide the GPT sector via DT? As I understand this is for non-removable eMMC storage. It would remove the need for a cap bit and hardcoded calculations instead just checking if DT node of the controller contains a magic entry with a number.The same device model usually comes in different flavors that have a different eMMC unit and size. So no, it can't be hardcoded in DT.I see. I was thinking how to avoid of going the whole way and creating another controller capability (since this is going to be core code) - could this workaround be enabled just by a boolean DT property at controller's node instead? Or do we expect non-DT platforms to be similarly broken?
Rewording my concern: I believe that this is platform's and not a controller's misfeature, so the controller driver feels like wrong place fix. That's why I'd prefer that the enable came from the DT and not from driver's code. Best Regards Michał Mirosław