netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tools: ynl-gen: use names of constants in generated limits

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Message-ID: <20241011085139.1dd3c9d7@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:51:39 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: donald.hunter@...il.com
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, jdamato@...tly.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tools: ynl-gen: use names of constants in
 generated limits

On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 08:12:48 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> YNL specs can use string expressions for limits, like s32-min
> or u16-max. We convert all of those into their numeric values
> when generating the code, which isn't always helpful. Try to
> retain the string representations in the output. Any sort of
> calculations still need the integers.

Missed CCing Donald, sorry! Link to full patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241010151248.2049755-1-kuba@kernel.org/