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Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:36:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.88.32] ([216.128.11.95]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-439fe19acbbsm16991060f8f.2.2026.03.13.02.36.25 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:36:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:36:25 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: =?UTF-8?B?UmU6IOWbnuWkje+8mltQQVRDSCB2NyBuZXQtbmV4dCAwMy8xMV0gbmV0?= =?UTF-8?Q?/nebula-matrix=3A_add_chip_related_definitions?= To: Illusion Wang , Dimon , Alvin , Sam , netdev Cc: andrew+netdev , corbet , kuba , linux-doc , lorenzo , horms , "vadim.fedorenko" , "lukas.bulwahn" , edumazet , open list References: <20260310120959.22015-1-illusion.wang@nebula-matrix.com> <20260310120959.22015-4-illusion.wang@nebula-matrix.com> <388ff939-2eae-4cee-aac5-ca88dd37ef49.Illusion.Wang@nebula-matrix.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Paolo Abeni In-Reply-To: <388ff939-2eae-4cee-aac5-ca88dd37ef49.Illusion.Wang@nebula-matrix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 3/13/26 9:05 AM, Illusion Wang wrote: > I am so sorry, Last time I missed a 'not' > > These data are used to configure P4-related registers. The driver’s functionality > > depends heavily on these register settings. They will be declared as const. > > But they can be not marked __initdata. Because it will be called by pci_driver.probe. > > They also should not be moved into firmware files, as the software functionality > > is tightly coupled with these configurations. If they were moved to firmware, > > users could easily end up with mismatched versions of the firmware and the kernel > > driver module, leading to functional inconsistencies or system malfunctions. Please add the above explanation somewhere in the commit message or in a code comment. I appreciated you switched to plaintext for ML messages; please additionally try to properly quote the relevant part of the message you are replaying to: it will help following the conversation. Thanks, Paolo