Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:24:54 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v12] firmware: google: Implement cbmem in sysfs driver |
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On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 03:25:58PM -0600, Jack Rosenthal wrote: > On 2022-10-06 at 08:33 +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 05, 2022 at 04:26:55PM -0700, Julius Werner wrote: > > > > If the kernel is reporting a value, that value needs to be documented > > > > somewhere. If the kernel is acting on that value, it needs to know what > > > > those values are. > > > > > > > > In this specific instance it seems that the kernel knows a subset of the > > > > values, and some random userspace tool knows all of them? Think about > > > > what you would want to see here if you knew nothing about this at all. > > > > > > The kernel doesn't know any of the values. The kernel is just telling > > > userspace that spaces with these IDs exist and providing an interface > > > to access them, it's not supposed to know what any of them mean. > > > > Ah, ok, that was not obvious to me, sorry. If the kernel is just a > > pass-through, no objections. > > Does this mean PATCH v13 looks good to you?
No idea, sorry. It's the middle of the merge window, as my bot told you, so I can't do anything with changes until after it is over. Please relax, there is no rush here...
greg k-h
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