Re: [PATCH 0/3] New firewire stack

Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-12-09T21:52:20Z

> One thing is for sure, the fw_ prefix is not too well suited to stay
> if/when Kristian's code is pushed to mainline. During a switch period,
> we could e.g. replace the old stack's prefixes by hpsb1_ (as the 1st
> generation of FireWire kernel APIs) or whatever and replace Kristian's
> prefixes by hpsb_. I would actually like fw_ most (if it wasn't so
> overloaded and already used in other contexts) and the author's decision
> should be honored too.

One of the problems with hpsb_ is that it's a total pain to type and
doesn't mean anything at first sight :-)

Ben.