Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] PCI: endpoint: Rename BME to Bus Master Enable

[Manivannan Sadhasivam]

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 04:49:04PM +0200, Niklas Cassel wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 05:28:31PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > BME which stands for 'Bus Master Enable' is not defined in the PCIe base
> > spec even though it is commonly referred in many places (vendor docs). But
> > to align with the spec, let's rename it to its expansion 'Bus Master
> > Enable'.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> 
> Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel <cassel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> Outside the scope of this patch/series:
> Do we perhaps want to add a bus_master_enable() callback also for the
> pci-epf-test driver?
> 

Makes sense to me.

> In my opinion, the test driver should be "the driver" that tests that
> all the EPF features/callbacks work, at least a basic test "does it
> work at all". Other EPF drivers can implement the callbacks, and do
> more intelligent things, i.e. more than just seeing that "it works".
> 

Agree. Feel free to send a patch :)

- Mani

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