From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/14] nubus: Rename struct nubus_dev Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:57:36 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Finn Thain Cc: Linux/m68k , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , Linux Fbdev development list List-Id: linux-m68k@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