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| author | Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> | 2024-07-05 09:48:52 +0200 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2024-07-05 09:55:05 +0200 |
| commit | 9d7eb234ac7a56b88aea8a52ed81553a730fe25c (patch) | |
| tree | 4555306061dfff6fd2a5fa436071c1f6a11737d9 /Documentation/ABI | |
| parent | nvmem: Use sysfs_emit() for type attribute (diff) | |
| download | linux-9d7eb234ac7a56b88aea8a52ed81553a730fe25c.tar.xz linux-9d7eb234ac7a56b88aea8a52ed81553a730fe25c.zip | |
nvmem: core: Implement force_ro sysfs attribute
Implement "force_ro" sysfs attribute to allow users to set read-write
devices as read-only and back to read-write from userspace. The choice
of the name is based on MMC core 'force_ro' attribute.
This solves a situation where an AT24 I2C EEPROM with GPIO based nWP
signal may have to be occasionally updated. Such I2C EEPROM device is
usually set as read-only during most of the regular system operation,
but in case it has to be updated in a controlled manner, it could be
unlocked using this new "force_ro" sysfs attribute and then re-locked
again.
The "read-only" DT property and config->read_only configuration is
respected and is used to set default state of the device, read-only
or read-write, for devices which do implement .reg_write function.
For devices which do not implement .reg_write function, the device
is unconditionally read-only and the "force_ro" attribute is not
visible.
Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240705074852.423202-16-srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-nvmem | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-nvmem b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-nvmem index 3f0a95250aa8..aa89adf18bc5 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-nvmem +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-nvmem @@ -1,3 +1,20 @@ +What: /sys/bus/nvmem/devices/.../force_ro +Date: June 2024 +KernelVersion: 6.11 +Contact: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> +Description: + This read/write attribute allows users to set read-write + devices as read-only and back to read-write from userspace. + This can be used to unlock and relock write-protection of + devices which are generally locked, except during sporadic + programming operation. + Read returns '0' or '1' for read-write or read-only modes + respectively. + Write parses one of 'YyTt1NnFf0', or [oO][NnFf] for "on" + and "off", i.e. what kstrbool() supports. + Note: This file is only present if CONFIG_NVMEM_SYSFS + is enabled. + What: /sys/bus/nvmem/devices/.../nvmem Date: July 2015 KernelVersion: 4.2 |