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From: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To: "'richard.gong@linux.intel.com'" <richard.gong@linux.intel.com>,
	"gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "mdf@kernel.org" <mdf@kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Richard Gong <richard.gong@intel.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] firmware: stratix10-svc: extend SVC driver to get the firmware version
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:19:02 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <26176a0062114b9faa7c2c64c8ea3e64@AcuMS.aculab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1617114785-22211-2-git-send-email-richard.gong@linux.intel.com>

From: richard.gong@linux.intel.com
> Sent: 30 March 2021 15:33
> 
> Extend Intel service layer driver to get the firmware version running at
> FPGA device. Therefore FPGA manager driver, one of Intel service layer
> driver's client, can decide whether to handle the newly added bitstream
> authentication function based on the retrieved firmware version.

Using the version number to detect features is just plain wrong.

You should use something like a bitmap of supported features.

	David

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-03-30 14:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-30 14:33 [PATCH] A patch for Intel service layer driver richard.gong
2021-03-30 14:33 ` [PATCH] firmware: stratix10-svc: extend SVC driver to get the firmware version richard.gong
2021-03-30 14:19   ` David Laight [this message]
2021-03-30 16:02     ` Richard Gong
2021-03-30 16:15   ` Moritz Fischer
2021-03-30 17:36     ` Richard Gong

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