Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: change enum fw_opt to u32

[Luis Chamberlain]

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.

  Luis