linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/26] cxl/mbox: Flag support for Dynamic Capacity Devices (DCD)

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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:11:06 +0000
From: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
To: <ira.weiny@...el.com>
CC: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>, Fan Ni <fan.ni@...sung.com>, "Navneet
 Singh" <navneet.singh@...el.com>, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>, Alison Schofield
	<alison.schofield@...el.com>, Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
	<linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/26] cxl/mbox: Flag support for Dynamic Capacity
 Devices (DCD)

On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 16:18:04 -0700
ira.weiny@...el.com wrote:

> From: Navneet Singh <navneet.singh@...el.com>
> 
> Per the CXL 3.1 specification software must check the Command Effects
> Log (CEL) to know if a device supports dynamic capacity (DC).  If the
> device does support DC the specifics of the DC Regions (0-7) are read
> through the mailbox.
> 
> Flag DC Device (DCD) commands in a device if they are supported.
> Subsequent patches will key off these bits to configure DCD.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Navneet Singh <navneet.singh@...el.com>
> Co-developed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
This aligns with similar existing code etc and the opcodes are right so
There is a vague argument that maybe we shouldn't claim to support the
command in the debug message at that point in the patch set, but I don't
think we really care either way as expectation is this set should go
in all together.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>