Re: 454630c72556 - main - stand: libefi: swap /Pci() printing around

From: Ravi Pokala <rpokala_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:06:57 UTC
-----Original Message-----
From: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>
Date: 2022-04-12, Tuesday at 18:04
To: Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebsd.org>
Cc: src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "<dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>" <dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>, <dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: 454630c72556 - main - stand: libefi: swap /Pci() printing around

    On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 7:57 PM Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebsd.org> wrote:
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: <owner-src-committers@freebsd.org> on behalf of Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
    > Date: 2022-04-12, Tuesday at 17:34
    > To: <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org>, <dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org>
    > Subject: git: 454630c72556 - main - stand: libefi: swap /Pci() printing around
    >
    >     The branch main has been updated by kevans:
    >
    >     URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=454630c72556d45e401f29f56b3317c2fb0499a0
    >
    >     commit 454630c72556d45e401f29f56b3317c2fb0499a0
    >     Author:     Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
    >     AuthorDate: 2022-04-13 00:29:54 +0000
    >     Commit:     Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
    >     CommitDate: 2022-04-13 00:30:30 +0000
    >
    >         stand: libefi: swap /Pci() printing around
    >
    >         Printing device followed by interface matches, e.g., edk2.  Note that
    >         this is only a fallback, many firmware implementations will provide the
    >         protocol that we'll use to format device paths.
    >
    > "(device,function)" makes more sense anyway, since that's the logical organization (i.e. each unique device may have multiple functions).
    >
    > What was the rationale for doing "(function,device)" in the first place?
    >

    Based on tsoome's reaction when I pointed it out, the rationale was "whoops" :-)

That's a perfectly valid rationale! ;-)

-Ravi (rpokala@)