linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 05/11] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Read IFS firmware image

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Date:   Tue, 19 Apr 2022 19:14:45 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     hdegoede@...hat.com, markgross@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/11] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Read IFS firmware image

On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 09:38:53AM -0700, Tony Luck wrote:
> +/*
> + * Load ifs image. Before loading ifs module, the ifs image must be located
> + * in /lib/firmware/intel/ifs and named as {family/model/stepping}.{testname}.
> + */
> +int load_ifs_binary(struct device *dev)

Shouldn't all of your global symbols start with "ifs_"?  Your other ones
seem to, what went wrong here?

Also, how about "ifs_load_firmware()" makes more sense.

thanks,

greg "naming is hard" k-h