From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752187AbdKMI5k (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2017 03:57:40 -0500 Received: from mail-qk0-f195.google.com ([209.85.220.195]:55104 "EHLO mail-qk0-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751562AbdKMI5h (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2017 03:57:37 -0500 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMaKHq111K7xKq4xigxKXi3FO8PMQj1Z6BTmK/kOC+hggsbNQnop1Pq/2rgyrKaFaRZTD09C8tBKt1uzK1cezuI= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:57:36 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: -E2Ok_B8dCcNOYH3QQ6zukPkBh8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/14] nubus: Rename struct nubus_dev To: Finn Thain Cc: "Linux/m68k" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , Linux Fbdev development list Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Finn, On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 7:12 AM, Finn Thain wrote: > It is misleading to use "dev" to mean a functional resource. And > in adopting the Linux Driver Model, struct nubus_board will embed a > struct device. Drivers will then bind with boards, not with functional > resources. > > Rename struct nubus_dev as struct nubus_functional_resource. This is > the vendor's terminology and avoids confusion. Isn't "struct nubus_functional_resource" a bit long? What about "nubus_res"? "nubus_fres"? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds