Re: [PATCH V6 0/6] scsi: ufs: qcom: Align programming sequence as per HW spec

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On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 09:56:05AM -0500, Andrew Halaney wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 05:13:30PM +0530, Nitin Rawat wrote:
> > This patch aligns programming sequence as per Qualcomm UFS
> > hardware specification.
> 
> reading this series, it is difficult for me to understand as a user of
> the driver if this should have any noticeable effect.
> 
> Some of the patches mention that there is no functional change, some
> only say align with the HPG but change programming sequence, frequency,
> etc if I understand correctly on a quick glance.
> 
> I think being a bit verbose in some of the patches with respect to
> explaining the effect of the patch (or lack of a noticeable effect)
> would be a beneficial improvement to this series if there's another
> version.
> 
> I agree that aligning with the HPG instead of doing some undefined
> sequence is a good idea, I'm just reading some of the changes and
> thinking "I have no idea if this is going to fix something (no Fixes:
> tag but it almost sounds like one), will this improve something, or will this
> just change the programming sequence to a known and recommended
> sequence?".
> 

Very valid feedback, Andrew.

Correct or not, there are a fair amount of users out there who runs the
current implementation. Changes to that should be described in a way
that doesn't depend on inside-knowledge.

Regards,
Bjorn



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