linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] leds: bcm6328: improve write and read functions

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Date:   Tue, 23 Feb 2021 10:05:00 +0100
From:   Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@...il.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] leds: bcm6328: improve write and read functions



> El 23 feb 2021, a las 9:58, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> escribió:
> 
> Hi!
> 
>>>> This is proven to work in BMIPS BE/LE and ARM BE/LE, as used in bcm2835-rng
>>>> and bcmgenet drivers.
>>>> Both should also be inline functions.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> -#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
>>>> -	iowrite32be(data, reg);
>>>> -#else
>>>> -	writel(data, reg);
>>>> -#endif
>>>> +	/* MIPS chips strapped for BE will automagically configure the
>>>> +	 * peripheral registers for CPU-native byte order.
>>>> +	 */
>>> 
>>> Bad comment style.
>> 
>> I just wanted to copy the same comment as the one in bcm2835-rng and bcmgenet…
>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/3b9cdafb5358eb9f3790de2f728f765fef100731/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c#L42-L60
>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/3b9cdafb5358eb9f3790de2f728f765fef100731/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c#L71-L88
>> 
> 
> Yeah, but ideally you should not be copying comments; there should be
> one central place which does it and does it right.

I’m open to suggestions :).
Which central place would be a good place for you?

> 
> 								Pavel
> 
> -- 
> http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek