Re: [PATCH 07/34] brcmfmac: pcie: Read Apple OTP information

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Mon Jan 03 2022 - 06:14:14 EST


On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 6:52 AM Hector Martin <marcan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2022/01/02 14:38, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 4:37 PM Hector Martin <marcan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On Apple platforms, the One Time Programmable ROM in the Broadcom chips
> >> contains information about the specific board design (module, vendor,
> >> version) that is required to select the correct NVRAM file. Parse this
> >> OTP ROM and extract the required strings.
> >>
> >> Note that the user OTP offset/size is per-chip. This patch does not add
> >> any chips yet.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <marcan@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Overall looks fine!
> >
> >> + const char *chip_params;
> >> + const char *module_params;
> >
> > This variable name "module_params" is a bit confusing since loadable
> > kernel modules have params...
> >
> > Can we think of another name and just put a comment that this
> > refers to the WiFi module building block?
> >
> > Sometimes people talk about SoM:s (system-on-modules), so
> > maybe som_params or brcm_som_params?
> >
> > Yours,
> > Linus Walleij
> >
>
> How about board_params, since we're already calling those things boards
> elsewhere in the driver? That could refer to the board of a standalone
> module, or an integrated board, which should cover all cases.

Fair enough, go for board_params!

Yours,
Linus Walleij