Re: [PATCH] net: ipa: add IPA v5.1 and v5.5 to ipa_version_string()

[Alex Elder <elder@ieee.org>]

On 7/28/25 3:35 AM, Luca Weiss wrote:
> Handle the case for v5.1 and v5.5 instead of returning "0.0".

This makes sense for IPA v5.5.

I have comments below, but I'll do this up front:

Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <elder@riscstar.com>

> Also reword the comment below since I don't see any evidence of such a
> check happening, and - since 5.5 has been missing - can happen.

You are correct.  Commit dfdd70e24e388 ("net: ipa: kill
ipa_version_supported()") removed the test that guaranteed
that the version would be good.  So your comment update
should have done then.

> Fixes: 3aac8ec1c028 ("net: ipa: add some new IPA versions")
> Signed-off-by: Luca Weiss <luca.weiss@fairphone.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ipa/ipa_sysfs.c | 6 +++++-
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_sysfs.c
> index a59bd215494c9b7cbdd1f000d9f23e100c18ee1e..a53e9e6f6cdf50103e94e496fd06b55636ba02f4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_sysfs.c
> @@ -37,8 +37,12 @@ static const char *ipa_version_string(struct ipa *ipa)
>   		return "4.11";
>   	case IPA_VERSION_5_0:
>   		return "5.0";
> +	case IPA_VERSION_5_1:
> +		return "5.1";

IPA v5.1 is not actually supported yet, and this won't be
used until it is.  Only those platforms with compatible
strings defined in the ipa_match array in "ipa_main.c" will
probe successfully.

That said...  I guess it's OK to define this at the same time
things are added to enum ipa_version.  There are still too
many little things like this that need to be updated when a
new version is supported.

Thanks for the patch.

					-Alex

> +	case IPA_VERSION_5_5:
> +		return "5.5";
>   	default:
> -		return "0.0";	/* Won't happen (checked at probe time) */
> +		return "0.0";	/* Should not happen */
>   	}
>   }
>   
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 038d61fd642278bab63ee8ef722c50d10ab01e8f
> change-id: 20250728-ipa-5-1-5-5-version_string-a557dc8bd91a
> 
> Best regards,