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Subject: Re: [PATCHv1 3/4] dt-bindings: fpga: add authenticate-fpga-config
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To:     Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>, mdf@kernel.org,
        linux-fpga@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     dinguyen@kernel.org, sridhar.rajagopal@intel.com,
        Richard Gong <richard.gong@intel.com>
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From:   Richard Gong <richard.gong@linux.intel.com>
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Date:   Mon, 16 Nov 2020 07:50:07 -0600
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Hi Tom,


On 11/14/20 9:59 AM, Tom Rix wrote:
> 
> On 11/14/20 6:52 AM, Richard Gong wrote:
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>>>>        prior to OS boot up.
>>>>    - encrypted-fpga-config : boolean, set if the bitstream is encrypted
>>>> +- authenticate-fpga-config : boolean, set if do bitstream authentication
>>>
>>> The list is mostly in alphabetical order so the new 'authenticate-... ' should go at the top.
>>>
>>
>> The original list is not in alphabetical order. The order of partial-fpga-config, external-fpga-config and encrypted-fpga-config here follows the implementation in the of-fpga-region.c file.
>>
>> So authenticate-fpga-config should follow the way, correct?
>>
> This is why i say 'mostly' ..
> 
> In general when listing options for a user to read, you should make it easy for them to find
> 
> the option they are looking for.  Ordering them alphabetically is an obvious but not the only
> 
> way.  I am not asking for you to fix the whole table, just what you are adding. If there is
> 
> a better way to organize them please propose the method.
> 

How about put authenticate-fpga-config above partial-fpga-config? I 
would like to group all xxx-fpga-config flags together.


Regards,
Richard

> Tom
> 
>>> Improve what you mean by 'authentication' similar to my comment in the first patch.
>>>
>>
>> Will do in the version 2 submission.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Richard
>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>>    - region-unfreeze-timeout-us : The maximum time in microseconds to wait for
>>>>        bridges to successfully become enabled after the region has been
>>>>        programmed.
>>>
>>
>