From patchwork Wed Feb 8 17:52:53 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Mauro Lima X-Patchwork-Id: 13133485 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18BB3C636CC for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2023 17:53:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229663AbjBHRxH (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Feb 2023 12:53:07 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:60308 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230462AbjBHRxG (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Feb 2023 12:53:06 -0500 Received: from mail-oi1-x234.google.com (mail-oi1-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::234]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40AEC6E89 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2023 09:53:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-oi1-x234.google.com with SMTP id bd6so7191012oib.6 for ; Wed, 08 Feb 2023 09:53:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eclypsium.com; s=google; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:date:subject:cc :to:from:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=LSfgmHIZnIl2zNyWMyXqpCYt+vH29jA6dvbtFBb/0fM=; b=JWFDqbheTcrXXsmy+6eGyTKyBReLQO0vyGRPfm9zagkFy0NUPaUZVQX2tolzAV+qoG ObhbLO6tfV0Ce6aiXaehCdEY40QKAr0eVeaJEO5ZB/SEjRWEilAdAYd5waS8yCTA1y+N lrKimZKz39LMLTPNOaiCGeCFmi24QU17tulGYCmLP9WPWbc88YMQegUG7+ogzgk43n7E K7WaLNIyoarzmaFagzdmvoonsmZmTb1UwJHAWKuZry1lqeGdp9JmptEMZMlJD4E42f75 W/d3vSUxcT0250WOvBw6wpMEK8wWy3hpDw8WBedxzjdg4ffPY0jDyUoLJ3YygI2WA0Ta /UNQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:date:subject:cc :to:from:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=LSfgmHIZnIl2zNyWMyXqpCYt+vH29jA6dvbtFBb/0fM=; b=sP9VnmCh1Ylrp5El2CCD5Jg2AFi1A1vJDX9l/7EnJ3mdNnJNq25ylkbAxVqK4fpK9W d+b2CuqbWDwrQ5RB0HhqWt20lSxafSazRtvyLOydoNB5zPf8rD0ePM86QgJw0aNK+4aO p4KzFSgHxRLmncdMOQtK5fKSvMfs+SgWg8R6yR6ANFf1zEGwjTRgPngLacLWgqGBdm+6 nTbrZ9oBFd0GXgX5yncjwLzAFar9w/suAhJQsfkEUmJHu9hFUw3BhzsCptMah4Xw+hPK wkntaLUk6qFMvzkndOFwPuniuhPsWnYinRe1rARITGvG8+KG2eex/qIOsm2+AySZW08G ZkFg== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKX/h/s4poDWYFiHuUB+s/YYL7f9wJm4lsuZubGAUpN+t4ZHaHib /yz4M0Fs6q2qYqJMRdFSQ0z9ooDoA3by6JoL X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set8obQpznCYM0FQ0CO46Cz5b0n/SF7X6ncai4VaiRr8NX5J3ge5F3573CgIYM/Fj3HGb6sqYvw== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:647:b0:377:f87c:2b27 with SMTP id z7-20020a056808064700b00377f87c2b27mr3638702oih.36.1675878784466; Wed, 08 Feb 2023 09:53:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from fedora.capitalinasdc.com ([190.123.123.9]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r24-20020a0568080ab800b003783caeaf61sm7282094oij.13.2023.02.08.09.53.01 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 08 Feb 2023 09:53:04 -0800 (PST) From: Mauro Lima To: mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com Cc: broonie@kernel.org, michael@walle.cc, linux-spi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mauro Lima Subject: [PATCH] spi: intel: Update help text of PCI driver Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 14:52:53 -0300 Message-Id: <20230208175253.117714-1-mauro.lima@eclypsium.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-spi@vger.kernel.org Modern intel hardware uses controllers that work in hardware sequencing mode. In this mode, the controller exposes a subset of operations, like read, write and erase, making it easier and less error-prone for use. On the other hand, most of the controllers handled by the platform driver use software sequencing that exposes the entire set of opcodes i.e. include the low-level operations available from the controller. Since the PCI driver works with modern controllers, remove the DANGEROUS tag from it. Update the driver's help text and leave the DANGEROUS tag of the platform driver. Signed-off-by: Mauro Lima --- For the record of the base commit: Given that the PCI driver handles controllers that only work with hardware sequencing, we can remove the dangerous tag. This patch is the second part of Mika's suggestion [1]. The first part was accepted in [2]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/Y1d9glOgHsQlZe2L@black.fi.intel.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-spi/20230201205455.550308-1-mauro.lima@eclypsium.com/ This patch continues the work addressing the comments in the previous patch adding information about hardware and software sequencing. Discussion: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230206183143.75274-1-mauro.lima@eclypsium.com/ drivers/spi/Kconfig | 21 +++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) base-commit: 7db738b5fea4533fa217dfb05c506c15bd0964d9 diff --git a/drivers/spi/Kconfig b/drivers/spi/Kconfig index 3a362c450cb6..9eb3c72d7cd8 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/spi/Kconfig @@ -454,13 +454,16 @@ config SPI_INTEL_PCI select SPI_INTEL help This enables PCI support for the Intel PCH/PCU SPI controller in - master mode. This controller is present in modern Intel hardware - and is used to hold BIOS and other persistent settings. This - driver only supports hardware sequencing mode. Using this - driver it is possible to upgrade BIOS directly from Linux. + master mode. This controller is used to hold BIOS and other + persistent settings. Controllers present in modern Intel hardware + only work in hardware sequencing mode, this means that the + controller exposes a subset of operations that makes it easier + and safer to use. Using this driver it is possible to upgrade BIOS + directly from Linux. - Say N here unless you know what you are doing. Overwriting the - SPI flash may render the system unbootable. + Say N here unless you want to overwrite the flash memory and + know what you are doing or you want to read the memory's content. + Overwriting the SPI flash may render the system unbootable. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called spi-intel-pci. @@ -473,8 +476,10 @@ config SPI_INTEL_PLATFORM help This enables platform support for the Intel PCH/PCU SPI controller in master mode that is used to hold BIOS and other - persistent settings. Most of these controllers are using - software sequencing mode. Using this driver it is possible to + persistent settings. Most of these controllers work in + software sequencing mode, which means that the controller + exposes the full set of operations that supports, making it + more complex for use. Using this driver it is possible to upgrade BIOS directly from Linux. Say N here unless you know what you are doing. Overwriting the