Re: [PATCH v11 1/3] m68k: amiga/pcmcia - add 16 bit detection interface to amipcmcia.h

[Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>]

Hi Geert,

On 18/11/21 03:35, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 8:15 AM Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 15/11/21 22:59, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 12:40 AM Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Add the interface definition for 16 bit card autoprobing (using
>>>> the generic PCMCIA cftable entry parser) to amipcmcia.h for use
>>>> by apne.c. Include necessary cftable definitions from cistpl.h,
>>>> remove locally duplicate definitions from amipcmcia.h.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
>>
>> I may have to give this another spin, in order to address a review
>> comment by Denis about making the apne.c 16 bit IO autoprobe module
>> parameter ('100mbit') a sysfs parameter.
>>
>> I suggest to move that parameter to arch/m68k/amiga/pcmcia.c to ensure
>> it's always visible, and rename it to better reflect its actual function
>> (pcmcia_16bit comes to mind). apne.c would then use that parameter to
>> autoprobe 16 bit IO support, or set isa_type according to the parameter.
>>
>> Would that satisfy your concerns, Denis?
>
> What's the point of the sysfs parameter, given the driver cannot be
> unbound and rebound, as it does not use the driver model yet?

Pre-setting the desired IO type before loading the module - though 
actual setting of isa_type still has to wait until module load (or 
driver probe). I'd have to write a callback that validates user input if 
we want to set isa_type directly in pcmcia.c ...

> The only thing you can (try to) do is unload and reload the module,
> at which point you can pass the module parameter again?

I take that as 'don't do that', then ... ?

Cheers,

	Michael


>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                         Geert
>
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