From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Vincent MAILHOL <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
linux-can@vger.kernel.org, Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
Saeed Mahameed <saeed@kernel.org>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>,
Lukas Magel <lukas.magel@posteo.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] can: etas_es58x: export product information through devlink_ops::info_get()
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:27:23 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221128142723.2f826d20@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMZ6RqKYyLCCxQKSnOxku2u9604Uxmxw3xG9d031-2=9iC_8tw@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 23:43:19 +0900 Vincent MAILHOL wrote:
> On Mon. 28 Nov. 2022 at 22:49, Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> wrote:
> > > devlink does not yet have a name suited for the bootloader and so this
> > > last piece of information is exposed to the userland for through a
> > > custom name: "bl".
> >
> > Jiri, what do you think about 'bl'? Is it too short, not well known
> > enough? It could easily be 'bootloader'.
>
> For the record, I name it "bl" by analogy with the firmware which is
> named "fw". My personal preference would have been to name the fields
> without any abbreviations: "firmware", "bootloader" and
> "hardware.revision" (for reference ethtool -i uses
> "firmware-version"). But I tried to put my personal taste aside and
> try to fit with the devlink trends to abbreviate things. Thus the name
> "bl".
Agreed, I thought "fw" is sufficiently universally understood to be used
but "bl" is most definitely not :S I'd suggest "fw.bootloader". Also
don't hesitate to add that to the "well known" list in devlink.h,
I reckon it will be used by others sooner or later.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-28 22:27 UTC|newest]
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2022-11-13 4:01 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] can: etas_es58x: report firmware, bootloader and hardware version Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-13 4:01 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] USB: core: export usb_cache_string() Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-22 16:00 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-11-13 4:01 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] can: etas_es58x: export firmware, bootloader and hardware versions in sysfs Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-15 22:47 ` Saeed Mahameed
2022-11-16 0:36 ` Vincent MAILHOL
2022-11-16 23:20 ` Saeed Mahameed
2022-11-13 4:01 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] can: etas_es58x: report firmware-version through ethtool Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-13 16:48 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] can: etas_es58x: report firmware, bootloader and hardware version Andrew Lunn
2022-11-14 16:49 ` Vincent MAILHOL
2022-11-14 17:08 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-11-26 16:22 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] " Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-26 16:22 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] USB: core: export usb_cache_string() Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-26 16:22 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] can: etas_es58x: add devlink support Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-26 16:51 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-11-27 5:10 ` Vincent MAILHOL
2022-11-27 15:36 ` Alan Stern
2022-11-28 1:34 ` Vincent MAILHOL
2022-11-28 5:32 ` Vincent MAILHOL
2022-11-28 15:50 ` Alan Stern
2022-11-28 23:30 ` Vincent MAILHOL
2022-11-28 13:42 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-11-28 14:29 ` Vincent MAILHOL
2022-11-26 16:22 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] can: etas_es58x: export product information through devlink_ops::info_get() Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-26 17:16 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-11-27 3:42 ` Vincent MAILHOL
2022-11-27 4:31 ` Vincent MAILHOL
2022-11-27 15:07 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-11-28 1:21 ` Vincent MAILHOL
2022-11-28 13:43 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-11-28 13:47 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-11-28 14:43 ` Vincent MAILHOL
2022-11-28 22:27 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2022-11-28 23:17 ` Vincent MAILHOL
2022-11-26 16:22 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] can: etas_es58x: remove es58x_get_product_info() Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-28 13:44 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-11-28 14:36 ` Vincent MAILHOL
2022-11-26 16:22 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] can: etas_es58x: report the firmware version through ethtool Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-28 13:44 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-11-28 22:29 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-11-29 17:12 ` Vincent MAILHOL
2022-11-30 2:31 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-11-26 16:22 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] Documentation: devlink: add devlink documentation for the etas_es58x driver Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-30 17:46 ` [PATCH v5 0/7] can: etas_es58x: report firmware, bootloader and hardware version Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-30 17:46 ` [PATCH v5 1/7] can: etas_es58x: add devlink support Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-30 17:46 ` [PATCH v5 2/7] can: etas_es58x: add devlink port support Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-30 17:46 ` [PATCH v5 3/7] USB: core: export usb_cache_string() Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-30 17:46 ` [PATCH v5 4/7] net: devlink: add DEVLINK_INFO_VERSION_GENERIC_FW_BOOTLOADER Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-30 17:46 ` [PATCH v5 5/7] can: etas_es58x: export product information through devlink_ops::info_get() Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-30 17:46 ` [PATCH v5 6/7] can: etas_es58x: remove es58x_get_product_info() Vincent Mailhol
2022-11-30 17:46 ` [PATCH v5 7/7] Documentation: devlink: add devlink documentation for the etas_es58x driver Vincent Mailhol
2022-12-02 12:27 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2022-12-02 13:15 ` Vincent MAILHOL
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