From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Gustavo Pimentel <Gustavo.Pimentel@synopsys.com>
Cc: "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Derek Kiernan" <derek.kiernan@xilinx.com>,
"Dragan Cvetic" <dragan.cvetic@xilinx.com>,
"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>,
"Bjorn Helgaas" <bhelgaas@google.com>,
"Krzysztof Wilczyński" <kw@linux.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] misc: Add Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 07:03:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YGFfnX1bDrJ/eAO9@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DM5PR12MB18356331B588B123FC0E1F56DA7F9@DM5PR12MB1835.namprd12.prod.outlook.com>
On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 09:06:47PM +0000, Gustavo Pimentel wrote:
> > > +static const struct pci_device_id dw_xdata_pcie_id_table[] = {
> > > + { PCI_DEVICE_DATA(SYNOPSYS, EDDA, &snps_edda_data) },
> >
> > Why do you need a pointer to snps_edda_data here?
>
> The structure snps_edda_data indicates the location of this IP block (BAR
> and offset) for this particular endpoint.
> It's very likely in the future to be more variants that for HW design
> reasons might require this IP block to be on a different location.
Then make the change when that happens sometime in the future. Don't
add unneeded complexity today, that just makes the code harder to review
by us now, and for you to maintain today.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-29 5:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-27 3:06 [PATCH v7 0/5] misc: Add Add Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver Gustavo Pimentel
2021-03-27 3:06 ` [PATCH v7 1/5] misc: " Gustavo Pimentel
2021-03-28 12:49 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-03-28 21:06 ` Gustavo Pimentel
2021-03-29 5:03 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2021-03-27 3:06 ` [PATCH v7 2/5] misc: Add Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver to Makefile and Kconfig Gustavo Pimentel
2021-03-28 12:49 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-03-27 3:06 ` [PATCH v7 3/5] Documentation: misc-devices: Add Documentation for dw-xdata-pcie driver Gustavo Pimentel
2021-03-27 3:06 ` [PATCH v7 4/5] MAINTAINERS: Add Synopsys xData IP driver maintainer Gustavo Pimentel
2021-03-27 3:06 ` [PATCH v7 5/5] docs: ABI: Add sysfs documentation interface of dw-xdata-pcie driver Gustavo Pimentel
2021-03-28 12:50 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-03-28 12:43 ` [PATCH v7 0/5] misc: Add Add Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver Greg Kroah-Hartman
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