From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Paulo Miguel Almeida <paulo.miguel.almeida.rodenas@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: pi433: add docs to packet_format and tx_start_condition enum
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2021 11:57:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yc2QrMecuVQFRcBZ@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211229094713.GA28795@localhost.localdomain>
On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 10:47:13PM +1300, Paulo Miguel Almeida wrote:
> While pi433 driver deals with the nuances of the different possible
> config combinations, it's hard (at first) to understand the rationale
> for some of the tx/rx-related source code unless you're fairly familiar
> with the rf69's inner workings.
>
> This patch documents the expected behaviour and limits of both
> packet_format and tx_start_condition enum fields.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paulo Miguel Almeida <paulo.miguel.almeida.rodenas@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/pi433/rf69_enum.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/pi433/rf69_enum.h b/drivers/staging/pi433/rf69_enum.h
> index fbf56fcf5fe8..c902916a063d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/pi433/rf69_enum.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/pi433/rf69_enum.h
> @@ -109,13 +109,32 @@ enum fifo_fill_condition {
> always
> };
>
> +/*
> + * Defines the packet format used.
What "Defines"? This is an odd sentence.
> + *
> + * In both modes the length of the payload is limited to 255 bytes if AES
> + * is not enabled or 64 bytes otherwise.
What does this have to do with the format type?
> + */
> enum packet_format {
> + /*
> + * Used when the size of payload is fixed in advance. This mode of
> + * operation may be of interest to minimize RF overhead by 1 byte as
> + * no length byte field is required
> + */
> packet_length_fix,
> + /*
> + * Used when the size of payload isn't known in advance. It requires the
> + * transmitter to send the length byte in each packet so the receiver
> + * would know how to operate properly
> + */
> packet_length_var
> };
>
> +/* Defines the condition to start packet transmission */
> enum tx_start_condition {
> + /* the number of bytes in the FIFO exceeds FIFO_THRESHOLD */
> fifo_level,
> + /* at least one byte in the FIFO */
> fifo_not_empty
> };
Also, always run your patches through scripts/checkpatch.pl before
sending them out. I couldn't take this patch for that reason alone :(
thanks,
greg k-h
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2021-12-29 9:47 [PATCH] staging: pi433: add docs to packet_format and tx_start_condition enum Paulo Miguel Almeida
2021-12-30 10:57 ` Greg KH [this message]
2021-12-30 15:53 ` Paulo Miguel Almeida
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