On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 11:00:25PM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 03:49:05PM -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
> > Hi Luis,
> >
> > On 2020-05-22 3:45 p.m., Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 02:46:58PM -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
> > > > /**
> > > > - * enum fw_opt - options to control firmware loading behaviour
> > > > + * fw_opt - options to control firmware loading behaviour
> > > > *
> > > > * @FW_OPT_UEVENT: Enables the fallback mechanism to send a kobject uevent
> > > > * when the firmware is not found. Userspace is in charge to load the
> > > > @@ -33,15 +33,13 @@
> > > > * the platform's main firmware. If both this fallback and the sysfs
> > > > * fallback are enabled, then this fallback will be tried first.
> > > > */
> > > > -enum fw_opt {
> > > > - FW_OPT_UEVENT = BIT(0),
> > > > - FW_OPT_NOWAIT = BIT(1),
> > > > - FW_OPT_USERHELPER = BIT(2),
> > > > - FW_OPT_NO_WARN = BIT(3),
> > > > - FW_OPT_NOCACHE = BIT(4),
> > > > - FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK_SYSFS = BIT(5),
> > > > - FW_OPT_FALLBACK_PLATFORM = BIT(6),
> > > > -};
> > > > +#define FW_OPT_UEVENT BIT(0)
> > > > +#define FW_OPT_NOWAIT BIT(1)
> > > > +#define FW_OPT_USERHELPER BIT(2)
> > > > +#define FW_OPT_NO_WARN BIT(3)
> > > > +#define FW_OPT_NOCACHE BIT(4)
> > > > +#define FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK_SYSFS BIT(5)
> > > > +#define FW_OPT_FALLBACK_PLATFORM BIT(6)
> > > Everything looked good up to here. The enum defines each flag.
> > > We just want to use an enum for *one* flag represetnation, not
> > > a bundle.
> >
> > I do not know exactly what you are looking for then. The FW_OPT_*
> > values are OR'd together in the code. You still want the fw_opt enum
> > above left in place entirely and then the values used in OR'd
> > together?
>
> Yes, exactly. If they are combined then we just use a u32 to represent
> these are then flags combined. An enum represents just *one* flag, not
> a set which are OR'd together. Let me know if this is still not clear.
If this is the case, why have an enum at all? What difference is it
from a #define like was done here?
thanks,
greg k-h
