[PATCH 3/4] powerpc/powernv: remove FW_FEATURE_OPAL and just use FW_FEATURE_OPALv3

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Tue Dec 1 14:56:24 AEDT 2015


On Fri, 2015-11-27 at 15:45 +1100, Stewart Smith wrote:

> Long ago, only in the lab, there was OPALv1 and OPALv2. Now there is
> just OPALv3, with nobody ever expecting anything on pre-OPALv3 to
> be cared about or supported by mainline kernels.
> 
> So, let's remove FW_FEATURE_OPAL and instead use FW_FEATURE_OPALv3
> exclusively.

It would be less churn if we did the reverse, ie. removed v3 and just used
FW_FEATURE_OPAL. It would also read better as v3 is the one and only version we
care about, so having it called out everywhere is superfluous.

Or is there a good reason I missed?

cheers



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