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Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/23] scsi: add a device_configure method to the host
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 01:35:08PM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> There are two methods with names that are politically charged:
> slave_configure() and slave_alloc(). Shouldn't both be renamed?

Probably.  This series howerver doesn't actually renames anything,
it just adds a new method that takes the queue_limits and avoids the
name while we're at it.

> The name "device_configure" may make people wonder whether that method
> perhaps configures a struct device instance. How about using the name
> "sdev_configure" instead of "device_configure" to make it more clear
> that this method is used to configure a SCSI device?

I think device_ is probably better as it matches the target_ naming.
I could live with sdev_ if everyone else would prefer it.