Re: [PATCH v4 11/12] PCI: brcmstb: Change field name from 'type' to 'model'

[Manivannan Sadhasivam]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 04:38:12PM -0400, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 12:58 AM Manivannan Sadhasivam
> <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 05:31:26PM -0400, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> > > The 'type' field used in the driver to discern SoC differences is confusing
> > > so change it to the more apt 'model'.  We considered using 'family' but
> > > this conflicts with Broadcom's conception of a family; for example, 7216a0
> > > and 7216b0 chips are both considered separate families as each has multiple
> > > derivative product chips based on the original design.
> > >
> >
> > TBH, 'model' is also confusing :) Why can't you just use 'soc' as you are
> > referrring to the SoC name.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Well, the "model" we assign is not necessarily the same as the SoC.
> If a new SoC has the same characteristics as a previous "model", we
> will not create a new model but rather use the existing one.   For example,
> the bcm7216_cfg structure, which is for the 7216 SoC uses the model "BCM7278".
> 
> I agree that this is not crystal clear but using SoC could be
> considered misleading.
> 

Ok, thanks for clarifying. Still I think you can use 'soc' prefix.

For naming, how about 'soc_base'? This specifies the SoC baseline used by *this*
Soc.

- Mani

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