Re: [PATCH v9 1/2] mrst: export get_gpio_by_name() function

[Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>]

On 3/27/2011 7:47 PM, Feng Tang wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:34:22 +0800
> Arjan van de Ven<arjan@linux.intel.com>  wrote:
>
>> On 3/27/2011 7:29 PM, Lu Guanqun wrote:
>>> Export get_gpio_by_name() function and make its name more focused.
>>> We are doing this because currently get_gpio_by_name() is only used
>>> by the devices exported from SFI DEVS table, but it is also useful
>>> for other PCI devices which also use the GPIO lines, and have their
>>> gpio infos in the SFI GPIO table.
>>>
>> I can't say that I like the new name... at all.
>>
>> what's "mid" ?
>> what is wrong with the original name????
>>
> Hi Arjan,
>
> The original get_gpio_by_name() is static and only used in mrst.c as it's
> mrst/mfld specific. So if we call it from a PCI driver, that name sounds

get_gpio_by_name() would be a very good generic name for a function 
provided by the gpio layer as well.

> like a platform independent general API while it's actually mrst/mfld bound.
> So we would show this dependency from the function name.
that makes no sense.
and again, what on earth is a "mid"??????????