netdev - Re: [PATCH v6 13/13] Documentation: clarify firmware_class provenance and why we can't rename the module

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Date:   Wed, 9 May 2018 10:21:08 -0300
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>
To:     "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 13/13] Documentation: clarify firmware_class
 provenance and why we can't rename the module

Em Tue,  8 May 2018 11:12:47 -0700
"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org> escreveu:

> Clarify the provenance of the firmware loader firmware_class module name
> and why we cannot rename the module in the future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> ---
>  .../driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst          | 9 ++++++---
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
> index a39323ef7d29..a8047be4a96e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
> @@ -72,9 +72,12 @@ the firmware requested, and establishes it in the device hierarchy by
>  associating the device used to make the request as the device's parent.
>  The sysfs directory's file attributes are defined and controlled through
>  the new device's class (firmware_class) and group (fw_dev_attr_groups).
> -This is actually where the original firmware_class.c file name comes from,
> -as originally the only firmware loading mechanism available was the
> -mechanism we now use as a fallback mechanism.
> +This is actually where the original firmware_class module name came from,
> +given that originally the only firmware loading mechanism available was the
> +mechanism we now use as a fallback mechanism, which which registers a
> +struct class firmware_class. Because the attributes exposed are part of the
> +module name, the module name firmware_class cannot be renamed in the future, to
> +ensure backward compatibilty with old userspace.

Ah, now the explanation makes a lot more sense to me :-)

Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>

>  
>  To load firmware using the sysfs interface we expose a loading indicator,
>  and a file upload firmware into:



Thanks,
Mauro