[PATCH v4] misc: fs-loader: Use fw_storage_interface instead of storage_interface

MD Danish Anwar danishanwar at ti.com
Fri Feb 9 10:17:21 CET 2024



On 08/02/24 5:28 pm, Roger Quadros wrote:
> 
> 
> On 08/02/2024 07:19, MD Danish Anwar wrote:
>> Hi Sean,
>>
>> On 07/02/24 11:14 pm, Sean Anderson wrote:
>>> On 1/30/24 01:26, MD Danish Anwar wrote:
>>>> The fs-loader driver reads env storage_interface and uses it to load
>>>> firmware file into memory using the medium set by env. Update the driver
>>>> to use env fw_storage_interface as this variable is only used to load
>>>> firmwares. The env storage_interface will act as fallback so that the
>>>> existing implementations do not break.
>>>>
>>>> Also update the FS Loader documentation accordingly.
>>>
>>> So why do you want to do this? I don't see what the point of renaming the
>>> variable is, since you are not e.g. adding any new functionality, and we
>>> have to pay for the rename in code size.
>>>
>>
>> I am upstreaming TI's ICSSG driver for u-boot and during code review
>> Roger Quadros <rogerq at kernel.org> commented asking to rename this
>> variable [1]. I think the motive here was to keep all variables used by
>> fs-loader driver with 'fw_' prefix. All other variables had 'fw_' prefix
>> except for storage_interface.
> 
> Can you please mention this motive in the Commit message?
> 

Sure Roger, I will resend the patch after updating commit message.

>>
>> [1]
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/4721f3b9-f823-47f3-b4f3-ed40002af31b@kernel.org/
>>
>>> --Sean
>>
> 

-- 
Thanks and Regards,
Danish


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