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From: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
To: Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@gmail.com>
Cc: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>,
	spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: reorganize drivers
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 14:57:48 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTimnqZzwMAH8nqr2hN55Lcmiznr6+Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=K-kP4wFd2PP3JkPVs9FEm1ebCBw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Baruch,
>
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il> wrote:
>>> Though the spi_ prefix seems redundant considering the files are in
>>> 'spi' directory.
>>> Just a thought, no objection.
>>
>> When looking at the list of loaded modules (e.g. in an Oops message), the name
>> "spi_xilinx" is much more meaningful than just "xilinx", for example.
> Good catch.
> Perhaps we could get Makefile to build modules with spi_ prefix. Just
> like USB gadgets do ?

I don't think it's worth mucking about with <module_name>-y :=
filename.o when the filename can just be made the same as the module
name.

g.

-- 
Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-05 20:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-05  7:18 [PATCH] spi: reorganize drivers Grant Likely
2011-06-05  7:43 ` Jassi Brar
2011-06-05  7:54   ` Baruch Siach
2011-06-05 11:49     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-06-05 13:08       ` Stefan Richter
2011-06-05 20:55       ` Grant Likely
2011-06-05 21:19         ` Jassi Brar
2011-06-05 13:12     ` Jassi Brar
2011-06-05 20:57       ` Grant Likely [this message]
2011-06-05  8:13 ` Mika Westerberg
2011-06-05 14:37   ` Grant Likely
2011-06-06  9:00 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-06  9:08   ` Dominik Brodowski
2011-06-06  9:08   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-06-06  9:17   ` Jean Delvare
2011-06-06  9:29   ` James Bottomley
2011-06-06 11:21     ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-06 12:16       ` Jean Delvare
2011-06-06 12:35         ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-06-06 12:57         ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-06 13:44           ` Stefan Richter
2011-06-06 15:04             ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-06 10:01   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-06-06 14:39   ` Grant Likely
2011-06-06 15:15     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-06-05  7:13 Grant Likely
2011-06-07  9:28 ` Linus Walleij
2011-06-07 13:26   ` Grant Likely

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