[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/3] drm/i915: Generate all IS_<platform> macros

[Tvrtko Ursulin]

On 08/12/2016 10:46, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Dec 2016, Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin at ursulin.net> wrote:
>> From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
>>
>> Instead of listing them individually we can generate them
>> using the new i915_platforms.h header.
>>
>> Also convert them to a static inline function which
>> interestingly makes the code smaller as well.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
>> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
>> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com>
>> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com>
>
> NAK. Absolutely opposed to this.

Gee, sounds a bit to harsh to me. :) Didn't we say we are not doing NAKs 
any longer?

> A large part of my work involves digging through the source tree, and a
> crucial part of that is looking up definitions and references, both for
> macros and functions. Not having the macro/function definitions breaks
> that workflow. Losing that, source code archeology gets *much*
> harder. The losses are much greater than the gains.

Hm, I struggle to see that point on the same magnitude of a disaster 
scale as you. I would have thought we all know what IS_SKYLAKE & co are 
so it would be no big deal.

Imagine if we changed it to IS_PLATFORM(SKYLAKE) for instance.

Regards,

Tvrtko