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Message-ID: <ab0db3fa-4106-da16-7771-8ab50aa0f3b5@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:28:14 +0100
From:   Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@...el.com>
Cc:     "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        "Joseph, Jithu" <jithu.joseph@...el.com>,
        "markgross@...nel.org" <markgross@...nel.org>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com" <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" 
        <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        "patches@...ts.linux.dev" <patches@...ts.linux.dev>,
        "Shankar, Ravi V" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        "Jimenez Gonzalez, Athenas" <athenas.jimenez.gonzalez@...el.com>,
        "Mehta, Sohil" <sohil.mehta@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 12/14] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Add current_batch sysfs
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Hi,

On 11/14/22 00:05, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 01:51:56PM -0800, Thiago Macieira wrote:
>> Anyway, we can update the tool to print "%02x-%02x-%02x-%02x.%s" instead of 
>> "%d". That's trivial to us. I just don't think it's a worthwhile change, 
> 
> As I wrote to Tony, "I guess time will show whether the sequence number
> thing was a good idea."

Just for the record: I've read the entire thread and I'm fine with doing
things either way.

If I understand this last email correctly then the plan is to move
ahead with the patches as-is, with writing only the batch-number and
have the kernel create the filename. This was and still is fine with me.

Regards,

Hans