Re: [PATCH RFC v2 1/3] gpu: nova-core: register: use field type for Into implementation

[Joel Fernandes]

Hi Alex,

On 10/9/2025 8:37 AM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> The getter method of a field works with the field type, but its setter
> expects the type of the register. This leads to an asymmetry in the
> From/Into implementations required for a field with a dedicated type.
> For instance, a field declared as
> 
>     pub struct ControlReg(u32) {
>         3:0 mode as u8 ?=> Mode;
>         ...
>     }
> 
> currently requires the following implementations:
> 
>     impl TryFrom<u8> for Mode {
>       ...
>     }
> 
>     impl From<Mode> for u32 {
>       ...
>     }
> 
> Change this so the `From<Mode>` now needs to be implemented for `u8`,
> i.e. the primitive type of the field. This is more consistent, and will
> become a requirement once we start using the TryFrom/Into derive macros
> to implement these automatically.
> 
> Reported-by: Edwin Peer <epeer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>

As these are incremental improvements, could you please rebase on top of the v6
bitfield series so it does not conflict?

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jfern/linux.git/log/?h=nova.dev.bitfield.submitted.v6

Thanks.