Re: [PATCH v2 07/22] mtd: spi-nor: Rework read_cr()

From: Boris Brezillon
Date: Thu Oct 10 2019 - 03:22:23 EST


On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 07:46:15 +0000
<Tudor.Ambarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> static int read_cr(struct spi_nor *nor)
> becomes
> static int spi_nor_read_cr(struct spi_nor *nor, u8 *cr)
>
> The new function returns 0 on success and -errno otherwise.
> We let the callers pass the pointer to the buffer where the
> value of the Configuration Register will be written. This way
> we avoid the casts between int and u8, which can be confusing.
>
> Prepend spi_nor_ to the function name, all functions should begin
> with that.
>

Same as for patch 5, this should be split in several patches.

> Vendors are using both the "Configuration Register" and the
> "Status Register 2" terminology when referring to the second byte
> of the Status Register. Indicate in the description of the function
> that we use the SPINOR_OP_RDCR (35h) command to interrogate the

^query

> Configuration Register.
>