Re: [PATCH for-next] IB,hfi1 Add MODULE_FIRMWARE statements

[Dennis Dalessandro]

On 10/11/2017 11:49 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 11:31:18AM -0400, Dennis Dalessandro wrote:
> > On 10/11/2017 8:41 AM, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> > > Provide information about used firmware files via modinfo.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@xxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >    drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/firmware.c | 5 +++++
> > >    1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/firmware.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/firmware.c
> > > index dee3c674f33d..f56ace76b42c 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/firmware.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/firmware.c
> > > @@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
> > >    #define ALT_FW_PCIE_NAME "hfi1_pcie_d.fw"
> > >    #define HOST_INTERFACE_VERSION 1
> > > +MODULE_FIRMWARE(DEFAULT_FW_8051_NAME_ASIC);
> > > +MODULE_FIRMWARE(DEFAULT_FW_FABRIC_NAME);
> > > +MODULE_FIRMWARE(DEFAULT_FW_SBUS_NAME);
> > > +MODULE_FIRMWARE(DEFAULT_FW_PCIE_NAME);
> > > +
> > >    static uint fw_8051_load = 1;
> > >    static uint fw_fabric_serdes_load = 1;
> > >    static uint fw_pcie_serdes_load = 1;
> >
> > I don't find this terribly useful, but if it's useful for you I'm sure it is
> > for others as well, so I have no problem with it.
>
> Dennis,
> Aren't those defines being constant?
>
> > Reviewed-by: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@xxxxxxxxx>

Which is why I didn't find it very useful. However Thomas makes a good 
point [1].

https://marc.info/?l=linux-rdma&m=150773727811239&w=2

-Denny