Messages in this thread | | | From | "Colberg, Peter" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mfd: intel-m10-bmc: Change staging size to a variable | Date | Tue, 2 Apr 2024 18:44:31 +0000 |
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On Tue, 2024-04-02 at 14:52 +0800, Xu Yilun wrote: > On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 10:19:47AM -0700, Russ Weight wrote: > > > > On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 10:09:05AM -0700, Russ Weight wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 05:46:29PM +0800, Xu Yilun wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 07:35:59PM -0400, Peter Colberg wrote: > > > > > From: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com> > > > > > > > > > > The size of the staging area in FLASH for FPGA updates is dependent on the > > > > > size of the FPGA. Currently, the staging size is defined as a constant. > > > > > Larger FPGAs are coming soon and it will soon be necessary to support > > > > > > > > Soon? When? You cannot add some feature without a user case. If you do > > > > have a use case, put the patch in the same patchset. > > > > > > There may never be an up-streamed use-case. This is a very small > > > change intended to make it easier for a third-party vendor to > > > build a card that requires a larger staging area in FLASH. They > > > would have to add a new "struct m10bmc_csr_map", but they > > > wouldn't have to refactor this code as part of the change > > I'm OK with this description. > > Peter, is that what you mean?
Yes.
> Or you do have a board type to follow, in > which case you need to submit the new board type as well. > > > > > > > This change does not introduce an unused function or variable. > > > It is more of a clean-up, making the code more flexible. > > > > > > Can it not be taken as is? > > > > Would it be acceptable to just change the commit message to something > > like: > > > > Do not hardwire the staging size in the secure update driver. Move > > the staging size to the m10bmc_csr_map structure to make the size > > assignment more flexible. > > That would be much better.
Thanks Russ, thanks Yilun, I will send a revised patch.
Peter
> > Thanks, > Yilun
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