Messages in this thread | | | From | Dan Williams <> | Date | Tue, 7 Dec 2021 15:09:28 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 03/18] driver core: platform: Rename platform_dma_configure() |
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On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 7:04 AM Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 06:47:45AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 10:45:35AM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe via iommu wrote: > > > IIRC the only thing this function does is touch ACPI and OF stuff? > > > Isn't that firmware? > > > > > > AFAICT amba uses this because AMBA devices might be linked to DT > > > descriptions? > > > > But DT descriptions aren't firmware. They are usually either passed onb > > the bootloader or in some deeply embedded setups embedded into the > > kernel image. > > Pedenatically yes, but do you know of a common word to refer to both > OF and ACPI that is better than firmware? :) > > AFAICT we already use firwmare for this in a few places, eg > fwnode_handle and so on.
I've always thought 'platform' was the generic name for otherwise non-enumerable platform-firmware/data things enumerated by ACPI / OF.
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