On 4/10/20 9:14 PM, Simon Glass wrote: > Hi Marek, Hi,
> On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 at 12:45, Marek Vasut <ma...@denx.de> wrote: >> >> On 3/31/20 6:05 PM, Marek Vasut wrote: >>> On 3/31/20 4:16 PM, Simon Glass wrote: >>>> HI Marek, >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>>>>>> OK I have updated the coding style page with all of this. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Which page ? >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/CodingStyle >>>>> >>>>> " U-Boot typically uses a C structure to map out the registers in an I/O >>>>> region, rather than offsets. The reasons for this are: " is misleading >>>>> and suggests that using structures is the best practice. This should be >>>>> reworded to make it clear both options are equally valid. >>>> >>>> I'd like to see a preference to use struct where it makes sense and >>>> not use it when it doesn't, with the different tradeoffs clearly >>>> written. Are asking that we say nothing about which is better in each >>>> situation? >>> >>> Correct, because I don't see a clear agreement on which one is better >>> and should be preferred. >> >> I see the wiki has still not been correctly reworded, can you please >> repair it ? > > What sort of 'repairs' are you thinking of? " This may need to change to the kernel model if we allow for more run-time detection of what drivers are appropriate for what we're running on. " This was removed. I believe this is quite important to leave there. > I did add your counterpoints but did not change the text in the first > part, which has been long-standing. I think to do that we really would > need a wider discussion than just the two of us, particularly as we > seem not to agree on the 'default' position. ACK.