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Re: [PATCH 07/34] brcmfmac: pcie: Read Apple OTP information

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On 2022/01/02 14:38, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 4:37 PM Hector Martin <marcan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On Apple platforms, the One Time Programmable ROM in the Broadcom chips
>> contains information about the specific board design (module, vendor,
>> version) that is required to select the correct NVRAM file. Parse this
>> OTP ROM and extract the required strings.
>>
>> Note that the user OTP offset/size is per-chip. This patch does not add
>> any chips yet.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <marcan@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Overall looks fine!
> 
>> +       const char *chip_params;
>> +       const char *module_params;
> 
> This variable name "module_params" is a bit confusing since loadable
> kernel modules have params...
> 
> Can we think of another name and just put a comment that this
> refers to the WiFi module building block?
> 
> Sometimes people talk about SoM:s (system-on-modules), so
> maybe som_params or brcm_som_params?
> 
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij
> 

How about board_params, since we're already calling those things boards
elsewhere in the driver? That could refer to the board of a standalone
module, or an integrated board, which should cover all cases.

-- 
Hector Martin (marcan@xxxxxxxxx)
Public Key: https://mrcn.st/pub



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