[RESEND RFC PATCH 04/10] FWU: Add metadata access functions for GPT partitioned block devices

[Simon Glass]

Hi Sughosh,

On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 at 01:05, Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org> wrote:
>
> hi Simon,
>
> On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 at 23:32, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Sughosh,
>>
>> On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 at 00:13, Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > In the FWU Multi Bank Update feature, the information about the
>> > updatable images is stored as part of the metadata, on a separate
>> > partition. Add functions for reading from and writing to the metadata
>> > when the updatable images and the metadata are stored on a block
>> > device which is formated with GPT based partition scheme.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org>
>> > ---
>> >  lib/fwu_updates/fwu_metadata_gpt_blk.c | 716 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> >  1 file changed, 716 insertions(+)
>> >  create mode 100644 lib/fwu_updates/fwu_metadata_gpt_blk.c
>>
>> Can we pick a better name than metadata? It is just so
>> vague...everything is metadata.
>
>
> The specification calls it metadata. And the functions in this file are for accessing the metadata on a GPT partitioned block device. Do you have any alternate name for this?

Well lots of things call their metadata "metadata". That doesn't mean
it is a good name for the code base. Which specification? Do you have
a link?

Regards,
Simon