Re: [PATCH v3 03/18] driver core: platform: Rename platform_dma_configure()

[Dan Williams]

On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 7:04 AM Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 06:47:45AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 10:45:35AM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe via iommu wrote:
> > > IIRC the only thing this function does is touch ACPI and OF stuff?
> > > Isn't that firmware?
> > >
> > > AFAICT amba uses this because AMBA devices might be linked to DT
> > > descriptions?
> >
> > But DT descriptions aren't firmware.  They are usually either passed onb
> > the bootloader or in some deeply embedded setups embedded into the
> > kernel image.
>
> Pedenatically yes, but do you know of a common word to refer to both
> OF and ACPI that is better than firmware? :)
>
> AFAICT we already use firwmare for this in a few places, eg
> fwnode_handle and so on.

I've always thought 'platform' was the generic name for otherwise
non-enumerable platform-firmware/data things enumerated by ACPI / OF.