Re: [PATCH v5 5/8] blockdev: Add a new IF type IF_OTHER

[Thomas Huth]

On 18/07/2022 11.49, Markus Armbruster wrote:
[...]
> An OTP device isn't really a parallel flash, and neither are eFuses.
> More fast-and-lose use of IF_PFLASH may exist in the tree, and maybe of
> other interface types, too.
>
> This patch introduces IF_OTHER.  The patch after next uses it for an
> EEPROM device.
>
> Do we want IF_OTHER?
>
> If no, I guess we get to abuse IF_PFLASH some more.
>
> If yes, I guess we should use IF_PFLASH only for actual parallel flash
> memory going forward.  Cleaning up existing abuse of IF_PFLASH may not
> be worth the trouble, though.
>
> Thoughts?

Maybe we should simply rename IF_PFLASH to IF_EPROM or IF_FLASH to make it 
clear that it is not only about parallel flashes anymore? Just my 0.02 €.

 Thomas