linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 02/14] mei: add slow_fw flag to the mei auxiliary device

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Date:   Sun, 24 Jul 2022 15:44:47 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Cc:     David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...ux.intel.com>,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
        Vitaly Lubart <vitaly.lubart@...el.com>,
        Daniele Ceraolo Spurio <daniele.ceraolospurio@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 02/14] mei: add slow_fw flag to the mei auxiliary
 device

On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 11:24:16AM +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> From: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
> 
> Add slow_fw flag to the mei auxiliary device info
> to inform the mei driver about slow underlying firmware.
> Such firmware will require to use larger operation timeouts.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Daniele Ceraolo Spurio <daniele.ceraolospurio@...el.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/mei_aux.h | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mei_aux.h b/include/linux/mei_aux.h
> index 587f25128848..a29f4064b9c0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mei_aux.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mei_aux.h
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ struct mei_aux_device {
>  	struct auxiliary_device aux_dev;
>  	int irq;
>  	struct resource bar;
> +	bool slow_fw;

Please spell this out "slow_firmware", and also document it somewhere.

thanks,

greg k-h