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Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 11:50:18 +0200
From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] V4L: stk11xx, add a new webcam driver
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Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 5/25/07, Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
>> Ismail Dönmez wrote:
>> > On Thursday 24 May 2007 20:38:05 Diego Calleja wrote:
>> >> Maybe this is a too picky requeriment, but IMO it would be nice if the
>> >> module would be called "camera_stk11xx", or had any other prefix that gives
>> >> some meaning about what is doing. It's hard to decipher from the name when
>> >> you run lsmod.
>> >
>> > That would be too picky indeed since other camera modules have no camera_
>> > prefix like pwc,spca5xx, etc.
>>
>> Then how about adding that prefix to all of them and provide the current
>> name as module alias?
>>
>> Or at least, why not use better names for new modules?
> 
> Just because modules can serve more that one interface of the device?
> (audio/mic, camera), (remote controller, dvb grabber). I didn't get
> the point of having the prefix in the name, what's the matter?

A prefix which describes the function of a driver is of course only
useful if it /correctly/ describes it.  What would be /correct/?  If a
driver for a audio + video capable camera supports either both audio and
video capture or only video capture, I don't see anything wrong with a
prefix like "camera".

That said, we have "modinfo" at our disposal if we spot something
nondescript in lsmod's listing.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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