[RFC v2 00/24] Re-use nvram module

2015-06-14 Thread Finn Thain
The generic NVRAM module, drivers/char/generic_nvram, implements a /dev/nvram misc device. It is used only by 32-bit PowerPC platforms and isn't generic enough to be more widely used. The RTC NVRAM module, drivers/char/nvram, also implements a /dev/nvram misc device. It is used by x86, ARM and

[RFC v2 00/24] Re-use nvram module

2015-06-14 Thread Finn Thain
The generic NVRAM module, drivers/char/generic_nvram, implements a /dev/nvram misc device. It is used only by 32-bit PowerPC platforms and isn't generic enough to be more widely used. The RTC NVRAM module, drivers/char/nvram, also implements a /dev/nvram misc device. It is used by x86, ARM and