Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756042Ab0KXRSI (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:18:08 -0500 Received: from mail3.caviumnetworks.com ([12.108.191.235]:16417 "EHLO mail3.caviumnetworks.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754060Ab0KXRSG (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:18:06 -0500 Message-ID: <4CED48CE.5060300@caviumnetworks.com> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:18:06 -0800 From: David Daney User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101027 Fedora/3.0.10-1.fc12 Thunderbird/3.0.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Neuendorffer CC: michael@ellerman.id.au, LKML , linux-mips , microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au, devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org, linuxppc-dev list , sparclinux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Mega rename of device tree routines from of_*() to dt_*() References: <1290607413.12457.44.camel@concordia> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Nov 2010 17:19:02.0069 (UTC) FILETIME=[B0470E50:01CB8BFB] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2173 Lines: 51 On 11/24/2010 09:02 AM, Stephen Neuendorffer wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: linuxppc-dev-bounces+stephen=neuendorffer.name@lists.ozlabs.org [mailto:linuxppc-dev- >> bounces+stephen=neuendorffer.name@lists.ozlabs.org] On Behalf Of Michael Ellerman >> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 6:04 AM >> To: LKML >> Cc: linux-mips; microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au; devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org; linuxppc-dev >> list; sparclinux@vger.kernel.org >> Subject: RFC: Mega rename of device tree routines from of_*() to dt_*() >> >> Hi all, >> >> There were some murmurings on IRC last week about renaming the of_*() >> routines. I was procrastinating at the time and said I'd have a look at >> it, so here I am. >> >> The thinking is that on many platforms that use the of_() routines >> OpenFirmware is not involved at all, this is true even on many powerpc >> platforms. Also for folks who don't know the OpenFirmware connection it >> reads as "of", as in "a can of worms". >> >> Personally I'm a bit ambivalent about it, the OF name is a bit wrong so >> it would be nice to get rid of, but it's a lot of churn. >> >> So I'm hoping people with either say "YES this is a great idea", or "NO >> this is stupid". > > Personally, I think it's a great idea, if only because I stared long and hard > at the code once upon a time trying to figure out what is really OF-related > and what isn't. It's somewhat clearer now that drivers/of has been factored > out (although, shouldn't it be drivers/dt???) > > That said, it *is* alot of code churn. If it's going to be done, I think it should be > done in concert with fixing a bunch of the function names which don't really follow any > sane naming convention, so that the backporting discontinuity only happens once. > Oh, you mean things like: of_{,un}register_platform_driver vs. platform_driver_{,un}register That one is particularly annoying to me. David Daney -- 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/