| commit | 06c421ee0d5af95c8c6749ca0ba620cd5010707f | |
| author | Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com> | |
| Thu, 2 Apr 2009 23:56:56 +0000 (2 16:56 -0700) | ||
| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | |
| Fri, 3 Apr 2009 02:04:50 +0000 (2 19:04 -0700) | ||
| tree | e4b2cd412d7dd3081f8aaee88d77b1ab72b33b15 | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | bf6aede712334d7338d5c47a5ee5ba3883c82a61 | commitdiff |
memory_accessor: new interface for reading/writing persistent memory
Add an interface by which other kernel code can read/write persistent
memory such as I2C or SPI EEPROMs, or devices which provide NVRAM. Use
cases include storage of board-specific configuration data like Ethernet
addresses and sensor calibrations.
Original idea, review and improvement suggestions by David Brownell.
Acked-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com>
Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Add an interface by which other kernel code can read/write persistent
memory such as I2C or SPI EEPROMs, or devices which provide NVRAM. Use
cases include storage of board-specific configuration data like Ethernet
addresses and sensor calibrations.
Original idea, review and improvement suggestions by David Brownell.
Acked-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com>
Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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