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Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 16:48:26 +0200
From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
To: "Andy Shevchenko" <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Cc: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@kernel.org>, "Daniel Scally" <djrscally@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: int3472: make common part a separate module
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On Wed, May 29, 2024, at 16:28, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 5:14=E2=80=AFPM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> =
wrote:
>> On Wed, May 29, 2024, at 15:41, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> > On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 12:50=E2=80=AFPM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel=
org>=20
> It's different from the exported namespace.
> The function prefixes are needed due to C language, as we can't have
> two functions named the same. The export OTOH is what used for linking
> modules and if there is no need to have it exported globally, if, for
> example, compiling in this one.
>
> So, can we move to the exported namespace at the same time?

Maybe you can come up with a patch then? I have no idea
which namespace to use here, seeing that there are already
six differnet namespaces in use in drivers/platform/x86/intel/
but none of them seem to be a good fit for this one.

Are you asking to just define another namespace here?
How would I define what the rules about using this namespace
are, and where are they documented?

     Arnd