Re: [PATCH v7 2/4] drivers/acpi: Introduce Platform Firmware Runtime Update device driver

[Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>]

On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 04:08:08PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 02:16:41PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 09:14:34PM +0800, Chen Yu wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 01:21:36PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > > Ok, I'll switch to global variables in next version.
> > 
> > Wait, no, why?
> 
> But why should we have a duplication of basically static data?
> 
> > Keep them per-device unless you can somehow be
> > guaranteed there will never be more than one of these ACPI devices in a
> > system.
> 
> I guess you missed my point. These definitions are _always_ the same.
> It does not matter how many devices in the system.
> 
> Chen, is my perception correct?
> If no, then do what Greg says.
>
Yes, there would be only one PFRU ACPI object in the system.
And for PFRU Telemetry ACPI object, I don't know if the specification
would introduce separate telemetry log using different uuid in the
future - Currently there are two telemetry log buffers share the same
uuid). Maybe for scalability reason we can make them per device.
> > It's simpler this way, no need to worry about global state at
> > all.
> 
> Actually I have no idea why we even have strings in  and not raw buffers.
> Moreover, I haven't got why even we have them in uAPI.
I see. These uuid could be put into the .c and there is no need for the
user to be aware of these values.

thanks,
Chenyu
> 
> -- 
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
> 
>