From: David Lechner <david@lechnology.com>
To: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>,
William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com>
Cc: kernel@pengutronix.de, linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com,
a.fatoum@pengutronix.de, kamel.bouhara@bootlin.com,
gwendal@chromium.org, alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com,
linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, syednwaris@gmail.com,
patrick.havelange@essensium.com, fabrice.gasnier@st.com,
mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com, alexandre.torgue@st.com,
o.rempel@pengutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 12/22] counter: Rename counter_count_function to counter_function
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 10:56:13 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2b6913ac-0802-f83e-06ba-e89d5318dbd7@lechnology.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210214171340.3cc7b686@archlinux>
On 2/14/21 11:13 AM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:13:36 +0900
> William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The phrase "Counter Count function" is verbose and unintentionally
>> implies that function is a Count extension. This patch adjusts the
>> Counter subsystem code to use the more direct "Counter function" phrase
>> to make the intent of this code clearer. The phrase "Count action" is
>> adjusted herein as well for the same reason.
>>
>> Cc: Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Patrick Havelange <patrick.havelange@essensium.com>
>> Cc: Kamel Bouhara <kamel.bouhara@bootlin.com>
>> Cc: Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier@st.com>
>> Cc: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@st.com>
>> Cc: David Lechner <david@lechnology.com>
>> Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com>
>
> I agree this makes sense in the counter core code, but in the drivers
> it may not be quite so obvious we are talking about a counter function
> given some of the bits of hardware do a number of other things.
>
> I guess up to the various driver maintainers on whether they
> think the new meaning is clear enough!
>
> Jonathan
>
TBH, I think "counter count function" makes more sense to me.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-20 16:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-12 12:13 [PATCH v8 00/22] Introduce the Counter character device interface William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 01/22] docs: counter: Consolidate Counter sysfs attributes documentation William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-14 16:57 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-15 11:05 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-20 16:25 ` David Lechner
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 02/22] docs: counter: Fix spelling William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-20 16:26 ` David Lechner
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 03/22] counter: 104-quad-8: Return error when invalid mode during ceiling_write William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-20 16:30 ` David Lechner
2021-02-22 2:06 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 04/22] counter: 104-quad-8: Annotate hardware config module parameter William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 05/22] counter: 104-quad-8: Add const qualifiers for quad8_preset_register_set William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 06/22] counter: 104-quad-8: Add const qualifier for functions_list array William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 07/22] counter: 104-quad-8: Add const qualifier for actions_list array William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 08/22] counter: ftm-quaddec: " William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 09/22] counter: Return error code on invalid modes William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-14 17:07 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-20 16:43 ` David Lechner
2021-02-22 4:42 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 10/22] counter: Standardize to ERANGE for limit exceeded errors William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-14 17:10 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-16 1:26 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-21 14:03 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-20 16:48 ` David Lechner
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 11/22] counter: Rename counter_signal_value to counter_signal_level William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-20 16:52 ` David Lechner
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 12/22] counter: Rename counter_count_function to counter_function William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-14 17:13 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-20 16:56 ` David Lechner [this message]
2021-02-23 5:14 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 14/22] counter: Update counter.h comments to reflect sysfs internalization William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 15/22] docs: counter: Update " William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 16/22] counter: Move counter enums to uapi header William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-20 23:55 ` David Lechner
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 17/22] counter: Add character device interface William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-14 18:06 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-24 5:34 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-15 9:24 ` Oleksij Rempel
2021-02-16 1:53 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 18/22] docs: counter: Document " William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-14 17:48 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-22 10:11 ` Pavel Machek
2021-02-26 0:27 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-26 0:22 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 19/22] counter: Implement extension*_name sysfs attributes William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-14 18:09 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-19 8:51 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-21 14:05 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-25 23:32 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-27 15:14 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 20/22] counter: Implement events_queue_size sysfs attribute William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-14 18:11 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-18 10:32 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-21 15:51 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-26 0:03 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-27 0:14 ` David Lechner
2021-02-27 0:20 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-27 15:18 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-28 2:46 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 21/22] counter: 104-quad-8: Replace mutex with spinlock William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-14 18:19 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-16 2:16 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-16 19:27 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-18 10:16 ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-12 12:13 ` [PATCH v8 22/22] counter: 104-quad-8: Add IRQ support for the ACCES 104-QUAD-8 William Breathitt Gray
2021-02-14 18:24 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-19 9:21 ` William Breathitt Gray
[not found] ` <3fc2580af0efd6312a64a0e107bd6fa758f0d466.1613131238.git.vilhelm.gray@gmail.com>
2021-02-14 17:32 ` [PATCH v8 13/22] counter: Internalize sysfs interface code Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-20 17:50 ` David Lechner
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