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Message-ID: <20210324115033.GM2916463@dell>
Date:   Wed, 24 Mar 2021 11:50:33 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mfd: intel_quark_i2c_gpio: enable MSI interrupt

On Wed, 24 Mar 2021, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:47:29AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Wed, 24 Mar 2021, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:29:31AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 23 Mar 2021, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > Also, past acceptance does not guarantee ideal/correct usage.
> 
> In this case it's hardly can be misused. But I heard you.
> 
> ...
> 
> > > The semantic is min-max range and having two defines (*) here for these seems
> > > to me as an utter overkill.
> > > 
> > > Of course, if you insist I may do it.
> > > 
> > > *) since value is the same, we might have one definition, but it will be even
> > >    more confusion to have it as a min and max at the same time.
> > 
> > It's just tricky to decypher for people who do not know the API, which
> > is most people, myself included.  For APIs like usleep_range() et al.,
> > obviously this makes no sense at all.
> 
> Seem like you are insisting. Okay, I will define them. What do you prefer one
> or two definitions?

Actually I'm not.  I'm just trying to get my head around where the
data comes from and what the values actually mean.

> ...
> 
> > What defines a vector?
> 
> The combination is solely of the driver-hardware. Driver explicitly tells that
> how many vectors it may consume (taking into account the range asked) and API
> returns amount given or an error.

So, where does the information actually come from?

Information that comes from a datasheet is usually defined.

Information that comes from the F/W is usually read and popped into a
variable.

It's usual for values (other than things like timings) to be issued
'raw' like this.  Particularly as an argument of a bespoke API.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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