Re: [PATCH 2/4] firmware: coreboot: Generate aliases for coreboot modules

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 09:53:23AM -0300, Nícolas F. R. A. Prado wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 07:08:13PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 12:11:47PM -0300, Nícolas F. R. A. Prado wrote:
> > > Generate aliases for coreboot modules to allow automatic module probing.

...

> > > +/**
> > > + * struct coreboot_device_id - Identifies a coreboot table entry
> > > + * @tag: tag ID
> > > + */
> > > +struct coreboot_device_id {
> > > +	__u32 tag;
> > > +};
> > 
> > Don't you want to have a driver data or so associated with this?
> 
> There's no need for it currently in any driver. This struct is being created
> simply to allow auto modprobe. So it seems reasonable to leave it out and add it
> later when/if needed.

The problem is that you introduce a kinda ABI here, how do you handle this later?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko