From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_NEOMUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EC15C43381 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:02:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFB3C2133F for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:02:31 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="aW3RO3YG" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728924AbfCXTCa (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Mar 2019 15:02:30 -0400 Received: from mail-pf1-f193.google.com ([209.85.210.193]:33304 "EHLO mail-pf1-f193.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726811AbfCXTCa (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Mar 2019 15:02:30 -0400 Received: by mail-pf1-f193.google.com with SMTP id i19so4824096pfd.0 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:02:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=CZcSYZSvKhh+doX8nwspKgmAHHXQyJ6Qxcqho3CQm4w=; b=aW3RO3YGkEGVq3u636yneY6EJxEjgFjL41zrWOiDlAgBOTy9ozs8T6TvhT3SDzKkXL XUUUKgwE++DXAJeot8QEwUai5Nu7ji9lQAkLixuIYqsMly44W48pV89ybaxd5JTdAdat WA2Tk0vlcK7QurRjXd1iQGDYd811ETrgR/7YpB+cvFoKfNK6pP9JVdPt1LtDympYiq37 eAm+9rIzs773glQFhbdQ2tHqIvtCmSxYlFjpDnaQdfuABhOAWUGSBWBqFkftxGO1B6w+ m4iW3YJCe1pBv/8NTD1bx5Lsp5X3bhjezkAgSwiEys70yn6v1NV27UlhEyJKPNwA9SR+ 2pgA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=CZcSYZSvKhh+doX8nwspKgmAHHXQyJ6Qxcqho3CQm4w=; b=Qvey7xUlu0F4HqntH1oDSFxA1wj7ETZ3XexM4Mo9KMtmDdYJyfOgdl1nIX1T4QLWWC iq4BFQlbSX+E8FbyPdpECEcYG6YXcqa8Az56NhXvFS35fcihZTZ+EnuEY+P3myeqZxNw gbvhd9eu33yE673+048x0D6he9vb0MdMAZdvOgEbEz+3NJnJOzo2l9sH3h+5lL4zJ55M cNJmT21OzhowmeTwf3Rhh4ZjXadiXa4eAfzSGvNaFVa0+/fFHaj8lWmbAWnKJh10g+VX zhPsC8+ZijBp+7YxGSvBQE/SuJPAyApTYVaNrgEsrfcxSnVSFwVALfLhq3sa2KQ8MUO4 WhTQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVbkDf0qc+hQRAUS+P4gDIYtovsGUr+9iRINuhiiggLjUDHOs+5 z6irPno/2e7oJ0LfuFMR47g= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyIaHQlW/6LNN7sAa4QZQOF6UaZtOvih50+JFkJE7fI0lVh4UiGkI2Co9Nw+8OgQWkYVgNbqg== X-Received: by 2002:a62:d2ca:: with SMTP id c193mr20270299pfg.247.1553454149741; Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:02:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (c-73-222-71-142.hsd1.ca.comcast.net. [73.222.71.142]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f7sm16730944pgf.48.2019.03.24.12.02.28 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:02:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:02:26 -0700 From: Richard Cochran To: Vladimir Oltean Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, f.fainelli@gmail.com, andrew@lunn.ch, vivien.didelot@gmail.com, linus.walleij@linaro.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 01/13] lib: Add support for generic packing operations Message-ID: <20190324190226.jr5cqxqflkfn4uvl@localhost> References: <20190324032346.32394-1-olteanv@gmail.com> <20190324032346.32394-2-olteanv@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190324032346.32394-2-olteanv@gmail.com> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 05:23:34AM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote: > This provides an unified API for accessing register bit fields > regardless of memory layout. The basic unit of data for these API > functions is the u64. The process of transforming an u64 from native CPU > encoding into the peripheral's encoding is called 'pack', and > transforming it from peripheral to native CPU encoding is 'unpack'. > > Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean > --- > Documentation/packing.txt | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > MAINTAINERS | 8 ++ > include/linux/packing.h | 49 +++++++++ > lib/Makefile | 2 +- > lib/packing.c | 211 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For this kind of generic infrastructure, you really should CC the lkml to get proper review. Thanks, Richard