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| author | Mauro Lima <mauro.lima@eclypsium.com> | 2023-02-06 21:31:43 +0300 |
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| committer | Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> | 2023-02-07 15:32:24 +0300 |
| commit | 7db738b5fea4533fa217dfb05c506c15bd0964d9 (patch) | |
| tree | c3bacd4030204cdf5d9bc8db0b9b6a922e1d1ca9 /drivers/spi | |
| parent | 941811980df00161fe639c252dabe6488875887c (diff) | |
| download | linux-7db738b5fea4533fa217dfb05c506c15bd0964d9.tar.xz | |
spi: intel: Remove DANGEROUS tag from pci driver
Modern CPUs exposes this controller as PCI device that only uses
hardware sequencing capabilities which is safer than software
sequencing.
Leave the platform driver as *DANGEROUS* and update help text since
most of these controllers are using software sequencing.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Lima <mauro.lima@eclypsium.com>
Acked-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230206183143.75274-2-mauro.lima@eclypsium.com
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/spi')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/spi/Kconfig | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/spi/Kconfig b/drivers/spi/Kconfig index 87fc2bd16b72..3a362c450cb6 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/spi/Kconfig @@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ config SPI_INTEL tristate config SPI_INTEL_PCI - tristate "Intel PCH/PCU SPI flash PCI driver (DANGEROUS)" + tristate "Intel PCH/PCU SPI flash PCI driver" depends on PCI depends on X86 || COMPILE_TEST depends on SPI_MEM @@ -455,8 +455,9 @@ config SPI_INTEL_PCI 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. Using - this driver it is possible to upgrade BIOS directly from Linux. + 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. Say N here unless you know what you are doing. Overwriting the SPI flash may render the system unbootable. @@ -471,10 +472,10 @@ config SPI_INTEL_PLATFORM select SPI_INTEL help This enables platform 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. Using this driver it is possible to upgrade BIOS - directly from Linux. + 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 + upgrade BIOS directly from Linux. Say N here unless you know what you are doing. Overwriting the SPI flash may render the system unbootable. |