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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:27:23 -0800 From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> To: Vincent MAILHOL <mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, linux-can@...r.kernel.org, Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>, Lukas Magel <lukas.magel@...teo.net> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] can: etas_es58x: export product information through devlink_ops::info_get() On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 23:43:19 +0900 Vincent MAILHOL wrote: > On Mon. 28 Nov. 2022 at 22:49, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote: > > > devlink does not yet have a name suited for the bootloader and so this > > > last piece of information is exposed to the userland for through a > > > custom name: "bl". > > > > Jiri, what do you think about 'bl'? Is it too short, not well known > > enough? It could easily be 'bootloader'. > > For the record, I name it "bl" by analogy with the firmware which is > named "fw". My personal preference would have been to name the fields > without any abbreviations: "firmware", "bootloader" and > "hardware.revision" (for reference ethtool -i uses > "firmware-version"). But I tried to put my personal taste aside and > try to fit with the devlink trends to abbreviate things. Thus the name > "bl". Agreed, I thought "fw" is sufficiently universally understood to be used but "bl" is most definitely not :S I'd suggest "fw.bootloader". Also don't hesitate to add that to the "well known" list in devlink.h, I reckon it will be used by others sooner or later.
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