linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2 1/3] fpga: manager: change status api prototype, don't use older

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Date:   Wed, 17 Aug 2022 11:16:14 +0000
From:   "Manne, Nava kishore" <nava.kishore.manne@....com>
To:     Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>,
        Nava kishore Manne <nava.manne@...inx.com>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 1/3] fpga: manager: change status api prototype, don't
 use older

Hi Yilun,

	Please find my response inline.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] fpga: manager: change status api prototype,
> don't use older
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> On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 02:58:31PM +0530, Nava kishore Manne wrote:
> > Different vendors have different error sets defined by Hardware.
> > If we always define the new bits when we cannot find an exact 1:1
> > mapping in the core the 64 bits would soon be used out. Also, it's
> > hard to understand the mixture of different error sets.
> >
> > To address these issues updated the status interface to handle the
> > vendor-specific messages in a generic way. With the updated status
> > interface the vendor-specific driver files can independently handle
> > the error messages.
> 
> I think we don't have to provide the vendor specific HW errors in a generic
> way, maybe the vendor specific drivers could handle them by its own device
> attributes.
> 
> Since the output value set of the interface is specific to each driver, users
> should still interpret them in specific manners. So doesn't see much value for
> a class interface.
>

Agree,  vendor specific drivers could handle them by its own device attributes.
If it is the case, can we remove the existing status interface relevant changes from the core?

Regards,
Navakishore