On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 7:04 AM Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 06:47:45AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 10:45:35AM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe via iommu wrote: > > > IIRC the only thing this function does is touch ACPI and OF stuff? > > > Isn't that firmware? > > > > > > AFAICT amba uses this because AMBA devices might be linked to DT > > > descriptions? > > > > But DT descriptions aren't firmware. They are usually either passed onb > > the bootloader or in some deeply embedded setups embedded into the > > kernel image. > > Pedenatically yes, but do you know of a common word to refer to both > OF and ACPI that is better than firmware? :) > > AFAICT we already use firwmare for this in a few places, eg > fwnode_handle and so on. I've always thought 'platform' was the generic name for otherwise non-enumerable platform-firmware/data things enumerated by ACPI / OF.
