netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging: wfx: apply the necessary SDIO quirks for the Silabs WF200

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Message-ID: <2063576.g1lFC2ckuq@pc-42>
Date:   Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:41:38 +0100
From:   Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
To:     Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org,
        Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging: wfx: apply the necessary SDIO quirks for the Silabs WF200

On Thursday 17 February 2022 16:04:51 CET Kalle Valo wrote:
> Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org> writes:
> > On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 at 10:59, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org> wrote:
> >> Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com> writes:
> >> > From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
> >> >
> >> > Until now, the SDIO quirks are applied directly from the driver.
> >> > However, it is better to apply the quirks before driver probing. So,
> >> > this patch relocate the quirks in the MMC framework.
> >>
> >> It would be good to know how this is better, what's the concrete
> >> advantage?
> >
> > The mmc core has a quirk interface for all types of cards
> > (eMMC/SD/SDIO), which thus keeps these things from sprinkling to
> > drivers. In some cases, the quirk needs to be applied already during
> > card initialization, which is earlier than when probing an SDIO func
> > driver or the MMC block device driver.
> >
> > Perhaps it's a good idea to explain a bit about this in the commit message.
> 
> I would add the whole paragraph to the commit log :)

Arf, Greg has just pulled this patch into staging-testing. I assume it is
too late to change the commit message.

-- 
Jérôme Pouiller