Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: refactor ni_pcimio driver and use module_comedi_pci_driver

[Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>]

On 2012-05-15 16:41, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 4:29 AM, Ian Abbott wrote:
>> On 2012-05-12 00:51, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
>>> +static struct comedi_driver ni_pcimio_driver = {
>>> +	.driver_name	= "ni_pcimio",
>>
>> The original used the DRV_NAME macro expanding to "ni_pcimio" here...
>>
>>> +static struct pci_driver ni_pcimio_pci_driver = {
>>> +	.name		= "ni_pcimio",
>>
>> ... which could also be used here.
>>
>>   (I realize this is a bit late as the patch is already committed!)
>
> I noticed that. A couple of the comedi drivers do this but it's not consistent.
>
> Personally I don't care for the use of the DRV_NAME (or DRIVER_NAME
> or whatever someone wants to call it) usage. It doesn't same any code
> space and always makes me have to do a second search to see what the
> "name" actually is.
>
> Regardsless, if you prefer this in the drivers please let me know. It
> would be nice to have them somewhat consistent before the comedi
> support leaves staging.

It doesn't really matter as long as it's consistent within the driver. 
I tend to use macros for literals used several times as it often allows 
mistakes to be caught at compile-time.

I think DRV_NAME is still used in the request_irq() call though.

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