Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 v3 1/1] can: c_can: Added support for Bosch C_CAN controller

[Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan-fJ+pQTUTwRTk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>]

On 11.01.2011 05:13, Bhupesh SHARMA wrote:
>> From: Wolfgang Grandegger [mailto:wg-5Yr1BZd7O62+XT7JhA+gdA@public.gmane.org]
>> On 01/09/2011 12:01 PM, Oliver Hartkopp wrote:

>>> BTW. for the next submission of Bhupeshs patchset, i would propose to
>> name the
>>> driver 'ccan' instead of 'c_can', so that we have a
>>>
>>>     linux/drivers/net/can/ccan/...
>>>
>>> path.
>>
>> You are late ;-). Bosch named the controller *C_CAN* and therefore I
>> asked Bhupesh some time ago to change the file name and variable name
>> prefix from ccan to c_can.
> 
> Actually V1 of this patchset used the naming convention ccan.
> But as was rightly pointed out by Wolfgang and Mark, Bosch
> has officially named this core as C_CAN and the naming convention
> is kept as C_CAN throughout their user-manual and technical articles.
> IMHO, `c_can` seems to represent this Bosch core in a better way 
> than ccan.

Looks like there are really good reasons for the c_can naming :-)

Thanks for explanation & also sorry for the noise!

Best regards,
Oliver