hi Simon, On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 at 19:04, Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> wrote:
> Hi Sughosh, > > On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 at 01:05, Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.g...@linaro.org> wrote: > > > > hi Simon, > > > > On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 at 23:32, Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Sughosh, > >> > >> On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 at 00:13, Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.g...@linaro.org> > wrote: > >> > > >> > In the FWU Multi Bank Update feature, the information about the > >> > updatable images is stored as part of the metadata, on a separate > >> > partition. Add functions for reading from and writing to the metadata > >> > when the updatable images and the metadata are stored on a block > >> > device which is formated with GPT based partition scheme. > >> > > >> > Signed-off-by: Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.g...@linaro.org> > >> > --- > >> > lib/fwu_updates/fwu_metadata_gpt_blk.c | 716 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >> > 1 file changed, 716 insertions(+) > >> > create mode 100644 lib/fwu_updates/fwu_metadata_gpt_blk.c > >> > >> Can we pick a better name than metadata? It is just so > >> vague...everything is metadata. > > > > > > The specification calls it metadata. And the functions in this file are > for accessing the metadata on a GPT partitioned block device. Do you have > any alternate name for this? > > Well lots of things call their metadata "metadata". That doesn't mean > it is a good name for the code base. Which specification? Do you have > a link? > I am referring to the FWU specification[1]. Please refer to section 4 in the document. -sughosh [1] - https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0118/a