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From: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
To: Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu@linaro.org>
Cc: u-boot@lists.denx.de,
	Patrick Delaunay <patrick.delaunay@foss.st.com>,
	 Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@foss.st.com>,
	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>,
	 Alexander Graf <agraf@csgraf.de>, Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>,
	Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>,
	AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>,
	Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,
	 Jose Marinho <jose.marinho@arm.com>,
	Grant Likely <Grant.Likely@arm.com>,
	 Jason Liu <jason.hui.liu@nxp.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND RFC PATCH 04/10] FWU: Add metadata access functions for GPT partitioned block devices
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 06:34:28 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPnjgZ2yJbWX0uHYLdYjZQOu3Ye8FqtPr+Y35FOTtLes4XDBhw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADg8p97FSZsH4fKiG0HRWA+NCc97guzKaOveEU_bejDgA=AoLA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Sughosh,

On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 at 01:05, Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> hi Simon,
>
> On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 at 23:32, Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Sughosh,
>>
>> On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 at 00:13, Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu@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@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

  reply	other threads:[~2021-12-02 13:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-25  7:12 [RESEND RFC PATCH 00/10] FWU: Add support for FWU Multi Bank Update feature Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-25  7:12 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH 01/10] GPT: Add function to get gpt header and partition entries Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-25  7:12 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH 02/10] stm32mp: dfu: Move the ram partitions to the end of the dfu_alt_info variable Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-25  7:12 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH 03/10] FWU: Add metadata structure and functions for accessing metadata Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-26 11:35   ` Ilias Apalodimas
2021-11-29  6:38     ` Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-30 12:57   ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2021-12-01  5:36     ` Sughosh Ganu
2021-12-01  7:50       ` Ilias Apalodimas
2021-12-01  8:31         ` Sughosh Ganu
2021-12-01  7:46     ` Ilias Apalodimas
2021-12-01  6:26   ` Simon Glass
2021-12-01  6:42     ` Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-25  7:12 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH 04/10] FWU: Add metadata access functions for GPT partitioned block devices Sughosh Ganu
2021-12-01 12:26   ` Ilias Apalodimas
2021-12-02  7:43     ` Sughosh Ganu
2021-12-08 14:17       ` Etienne Carriere
2021-12-09  2:32         ` Simon Glass
2021-12-09  7:37         ` Ilias Apalodimas
2021-12-13  9:29           ` Etienne Carriere
2021-12-01 18:02   ` Simon Glass
2021-12-02  8:05     ` Sughosh Ganu
2021-12-02 13:34       ` Simon Glass [this message]
2021-12-03  5:43         ` Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-25  7:12 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH 05/10] FWU: stm32mp1: Add helper functions for accessing metadata Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-25  7:12 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH 06/10] FWU: STM32MP1: Add support to read boot index from backup register Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-25  7:12 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH 07/10] EFI: FMP: Add provision to update image's ImageTypeId in image descriptor Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-26 12:43   ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2021-11-29 11:38     ` Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-25  7:13 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH 08/10] FWU: Add boot time checks as highlighted by the FWU specification Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-25  7:13 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH 09/10] FWU: Add support for FWU Multi Bank Update feature Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-26 12:55   ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2021-11-29 11:44     ` Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-25  7:13 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH 10/10] FWU: cmd: Add a command to read metadata Sughosh Ganu
2021-11-26 12:29 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH 00/10] FWU: Add support for FWU Multi Bank Update feature Heinrich Schuchardt
2021-11-26 12:48   ` Ilias Apalodimas

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