linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/12] drm/nouveau/graph: pad firmware code at load time

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Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2014 00:02:06 +0100
From:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:	Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
Cc:	Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@...hat.com>, nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gnurou@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/12] drm/nouveau/graph: pad firmware code at load time

On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 05:42:31PM +0900, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> Pad the microcode to a multiple of 0x40, otherwise firmware will fail to
> run from non-prepadded firmware files.

Perhaps this (and the comment in the code) should mention a unit. In
this case it's 0x40 words. Also, I think using a decimal number would
read easier here and in the comment. Furthermore, perhaps choosing a
byte as the unit would be even more intuitive.

But either way the code is correct, so:

Reviewed-by: Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>

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