Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/9] net: ethernet: implement OPEN Alliance control transaction interface

From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 07:15:01 +0000

Hi Andrew,

On 27/10/23 1:16 am, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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>> Still if you feel like using "write" instead of "wnr" and "protect"
>> instead of "prote", I will change them in the next revision.
> 
> There is some value in using names from the standard, if they are
> actually good names. But i guess most developers don't have a copy of
> the standard by there side.
> 
> You actually wrote in the patch:
> 
> +/* Control header */
> +#define CTRL_HDR_DNC           BIT(31)         /* Data-Not-Control */
> +#define CTRL_HDR_HDRB          BIT(30)         /* Received Header Bad */
> +#define CTRL_HDR_WNR           BIT(29)         /* Write-Not-Read */
> +#define CTRL_HDR_AID           BIT(28)         /* Address Increment Disable */
> +#define CTRL_HDR_MMS           GENMASK(27, 24) /* Memory Map Selector */
> 
> The comments suggest you also don't think the names are particularly
> good, otherwise you would not of added comments.
> 
> But if you instead had:
> 
> /* Control header */
> #define CTRL_HDR_DATA_NOT_CTRL           BIT(31)
> #define CTRL_HDR_HDR_RX_BAD              BIT(30)
> #define CTRL_HDR_WRITE                   BIT(29)
> #define CTRL_HDR_ADDR_INC_DISABLE        BIT(28)
> #define CTRL_HDR_MEM_MAP_SELECTOR        GENMASK(27, 24)
> 
> the names are probably sufficient that comments are not needed.  And
> is should be easy for somebody to map these back to the names used in
> the standard.
> 
> This also to some extent comes into the comment about coding style, a
> function does one thing, is short, etc. Short functions tend to have
> less indentation, meaning you can use longer names. And longer names
> are more readable, making the function easier to understand, so it
> does that one thing well.
Ok, thanks for the explanation. I will do it in the next revision.

Best Regards,
Parthiban V
>      Andrew