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From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
To: albertl@mail.com
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>, Linux IDE <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: About the naming of ata_drive_probe_reset()
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 12:24:05 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <446BE8D5.5010404@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <446BE350.5000504@tw.ibm.com>

Albert Lee wrote:
> Hi Tejun,
> 
> The ata_drive_probe_reset() is not drive-specific. 
> Actually what got reset is the port. (I guess the "drive" doesn't mean device here.)
> Maybe something like ata_port_probe_reset() or ata_do_probe_reset() is less ambiguous?

The 'drive' is actually a verb.  The function drives (verb) probe_reset 
  (object) using the given methods.  Maybe a bad naming.  Anyways, the 
whole probe_reset stuff is gonna be removed with the hotplug patchset, 
so I think it can be left as it is until then.

However, I also used the ata_drive_*() naming convention else where, 
like ata_bmdma_drive_eh().  We may need to rename them.  I still want to 
signify that the function isn't actually a callback but something that 
can be used to drive a callback.  I like 'drive' but as you have pointed 
out it can be confused with hard 'drive'.  Maybe ata_steer_*()?  Any 
other ideas?

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2006-05-18  3:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-18  3:00 About the naming of ata_drive_probe_reset() Albert Lee
2006-05-18  3:24 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2006-05-18 17:15   ` Doug Maxey

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