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Re: [PATCH v2 RESEND] qtnfmac: announcement of new FullMAC driver for Quantenna chipsets

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IgorMitsyanko <igor.mitsyanko.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 09/17/2016 04:56 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> <igor.mitsyanko.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> +/* FW names */
>>> +
>>> +#define QTN_PCI_FW_NAME		"pearl-linux.lzma.img"
>>
>> The firmware name gives no indication what this file is about (remember
>> that linux-firmware.git has a lot of files). Please name it properly,
>> don't just use what is used in by firmware build scripts :) Take into
>> account also future hw support, all firmware files need to coexist in
>> the same repository without user invention. In a way the firmware
>> filename is part of kernel/userspace interface and needs to be stable.
>>
>> For example, you could use something like "qtnfmac/qsr10g.img" (assuming
>> qsr10g is the name of chip).
>
> Ok, we will reconsider our naming conventions, take into account more
> devices that we need to support in the future.
> I'm thinking about something like:
> qtn/fmac_qsr10g.img  <---- FullMAC QSR10G device
> qtn/fmac_qsr1000.img  <---- FullMAC QSR1000 device
> qtn/smac_qsr10g.img  <---- SoftMAC QSR10G
> qtn/smac_qsr10000.img <----- SoftMAC QSR1000
> etc

Looks good to me.

-- 
Kalle Valo



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