[PATCH] firmware: arm_scmi: Rename scmi_{msg_,}clock_config_{get,set}_{2,21}
Sudeep Holla
sudeep.holla at arm.com
Wed Sep 27 04:50:23 PDT 2023
On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 12:15:16PM +0100, Cristian Marussi wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 11:15:57AM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > It is very confusing to use *_v2 for everything applicable until SCMI
> > clock protocol version v2.0 including v1.0 for example. So let us rename
> > such that *_v2 is used only for SCMI clock protocol v2.1 onwards. Also
> > add comment to indicate the same explicitly.
> >
>
> Hi Sudeep,
>
> looking back at this, indeed, I remember being unsure if it was better
> to use the v2/v21 naming scheme or the one that this patch propose.
>
> Revisiting this now, I have to say that I agree with you, but why you
> have also renamed _v21 to v2 ? The idea was to match the exact protocol
> version ( I see that you added a comment anyway...)
>
OK we can do that too. I was thinking of continuous increment in the structure
version independent of the spec version. Having _v21, _v53, ...etc looks odd
to me. I was thinking more like _v2(v2.1 onwards) and _v3(v5.3 onwards) for
example. Hope that clarifies and let me know if that is still confusing in
your opinion.
> IOW, the day some further new non-backward compatible features will be
> possibly introduced (say clock v3), we could go like:
>
> - _config_set_v21: only v2.1 (the one you have renamed to v2)
> - _config_set_v3: only v3
> - _config_set : everything else, i.e. up to v2.0 (as you've renamed
> now)
>
Correct. My main worry is if things get changed at random minor version
like v2.1, v4.5, v5.3, ...etc. Unlikely to happen but not ruled out 😉,
blame spec authors.
> I have no string opinions anyway, so I am fine also with this version of
> the patch...better than the original brain-dead naming scheme that I had
> chosen indeed :P
>
I am not saying what I did is easier to follow, but a comment with the
driver structure version must help.
--
Regards,
Sudeep
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