Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/6] pds_core: Add PLDM firmware update and host backed memory support

[Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>]

On Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:53:13 -0700 Jacob Keller wrote:
> On 6/11/2026 10:15 AM, Rao, Nikhil wrote:
> >> The preference is to use generic names when possible/feasible. I think
> >> at least some of your name choices could align with the generic ones.
> >>
> >> Could you explain why fw.mainfw was selected and fw.mgmt was deemed not
> >> suitable?  
> > 
> > This component handles both control and data path, so fw.mgmt didn't
> > feel right since devlink-info.rst explicitly excludes data path from
> > that definition. We went with fw.mainfw to indicate it's the primary
> > firmware component
> 
> It might make sense to extend or add a new definition in this case.
> Technically you could also report both fw.mgmt and fw.app together, but
> I think that would be more confusing.
> 
> Perhaps Jakub has a suggestion on the name or policy here. The
> maintainer preference has generally been to use or extend standardized
> names first unless the name or component is clearly unique to the device.

If it covers both datapath and mgmt then shouldn't it be just "fw" ?
Right now driver reports something "running"-only as "fw", looks off