[flashrom] [PATCH] Factor out lock functions (print, unlock, lock)

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 20.10.2009 23:38, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> New version.
>
> Chip locking has three actions you can do with it:
> - Print/read the current locking status
> - Lock the chip
> - Unlock the chip.
>
> Currently, the code usually does lock printing inside the probe
> function, and unlocking somewhere in the erase or write function. Only
> very few chips reactivate the lock after write/erase. Since many chips
> have identical probe/write/erase functions, but totally different
> locking, many such functions have been duplicated needlessly.
> With this patch, it is possible to call the chip-specific locking
> functions from probe/write/erase functions and unify lots of code.
>
> I converted spi.c and pm49fl00x.c to use the internal lock abstractions,
> but all other files need the same treatment.
>
> Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net>
>   

Ping? This is one month old.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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