On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:15:13 +0000
Simon Ser <contact@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 at 16:02, Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > This list here is the list of all values the enum could take, right?
> > Should it not be just the one value it's going to have? It'll never
> > change, and it can never be changed.
>
> Listing all possible values is how other properties behave. Example:
>
> "type" (immutable): enum {Overlay, Primary, Cursor} = Primary
Yeah, that's weird, now that you pointed it out.
Userspace does nothing with the knowledge of what this specific
object's property "could" be since it's immutable. Only the kernel
internals and UAPI docs need the full list, and userspace needs to
hardcode the full list in general so it can recognize each value. But
on the property instance on a specific object, I see no use for the
full list.
Thanks,
pq
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