[PATCH v1 0/2] Hide flash name if it is not set

Tudor Ambarus tudor.ambarus at linaro.org
Mon Nov 27 04:03:30 PST 2023



On 11/27/23 11:58, Michael Walle wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>>> hide flash name if it is not set
>>
>> Is this really needed? I'm fine exposing en empty (or "(null)") name. I
>> guess it shows to people that the name might be missing somewhere and
>> might push people to fix the name instead.
>>
>> What's your use case?
> 
> An empty string is not a bug. I'm trying to push the part names out of
> the kernel and just expose the jedec id.
> 
> That being said, the description is really missing the point. See my
> previous suggestion:
> 
>  The attribute is optional. User space shouldn't rely on it to
>  be present or even correct. Instead, user space should read the
>  jedec_id attribute.
> 

+1



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