Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754418Ab0ASESd (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:18:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752525Ab0ASESc (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:18:32 -0500 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:35614 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932133Ab0ASESb (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:18:31 -0500 Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:06:41 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Alan Cox Cc: Mark Allyn , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alan@linux.intel.com, charles.f.johnson@intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename rar_driver to rar_register Message-ID: <20100119040641.GA9527@kroah.com> References: <1263849696-23060-1-git-send-email-mark.a.allyn@intel.com> <20100119001243.GD27551@kroah.com> <20100119012307.6b40d2db@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100119012307.6b40d2db@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1165 Lines: 30 On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 01:23:07AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:12:43 -0800 > Greg KH wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 01:21:36PM -0800, Mark Allyn wrote: > > > The purpose of this patch is to change the name of rar_register source > > > files (both the .c and .h files) to rar_register. > > > > > > This is the first of seven patches for the rar_register driver > > > for Sunday, January 17, 2009 > > > > > > This is to clarify that this driver is for the rar_register. > > > > What does that mean? Why does the name matter? > > RAR are the registers. The code handles the registers. There are things > that use the registers which are drivers but are not this code. It could > almost be "librar" except it's not quite used as a library Ok, thanks for the info, it would be good to have this in the changelog entry for the next patch series submission. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/