linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/15] better name the offset of the hardware error firmware

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Message-ID: <20240926131225.0000337c@Huawei.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:12:25 +0100
From: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
CC: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>, Shiju Jose <shiju.jose@...wei.com>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, Ani Sinha <anisinha@...hat.com>,
	Dongjiu Geng <gengdongjiu1@...il.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<qemu-arm@...gnu.org>, <qemu-devel@...gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/15] better name the offset of the hardware error
 firmware

On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 06:04:19 +0200
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org> wrote:

> The hardware error firmware is where HEST error structures are
> stored. Those can be GHESv2, but they can also be other types.
> 
> Better name the location of the hardware error.
> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
This feels a little theoretical as for now they are always GHESv2 I think?
I guess it does no harm and may make sense after follow up series.

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