linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 03/18] driver core: platform: Rename platform_dma

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Message-ID: <20211206150415.GD4670@nvidia.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 Dec 2021 11:04:15 -0400
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Stuart Yoder <stuyoder@...il.com>, rafael@...nel.org,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Diana Craciun <diana.craciun@....nxp.com>,
        Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Jacob jun Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...el.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/18] driver core: platform: Rename
 platform_dma_configure()

On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 06:47:45AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 10:45:35AM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe via iommu wrote:
> > IIRC the only thing this function does is touch ACPI and OF stuff?
> > Isn't that firmware?
> > 
> > AFAICT amba uses this because AMBA devices might be linked to DT
> > descriptions?
> 
> But DT descriptions aren't firmware.  They are usually either passed onb
> the bootloader or in some deeply embedded setups embedded into the
> kernel image.

Pedenatically yes, but do you know of a common word to refer to both
OF and ACPI that is better than firmware? :)

AFAICT we already use firwmare for this in a few places, eg
fwnode_handle and so on.

Jason