Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754184Ab0LGTDc (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:03:32 -0500 Received: from opensource.wolfsonmicro.com ([80.75.67.52]:36229 "EHLO opensource2.wolfsonmicro.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752574Ab0LGTDa (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:03:30 -0500 Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 19:03:28 +0000 From: Mark Brown To: Hans Verkuil Cc: Laurent Pinchart , linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sakari.ailus@maxwell.research.nokia.com, lennart@poettering.net Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links Message-ID: <20101207190328.GA789@rakim.wolfsonmicro.main> References: <1290652099-15102-1-git-send-email-laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> <201012071813.35501.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> <20101207175505.GI9689@rakim.wolfsonmicro.main> <201012071911.39270.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201012071911.39270.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> X-Cookie: Welcome to the Zoo! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 957 Lines: 23 On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 07:11:39PM +0100, Hans Verkuil wrote: > Ah, now I understand what you mean. Would 'activated' be better than 'active'? Better, yes, though it still sounds a bit like something should be actively (IYSWIM) happening. In the absence of better ideas I could go with this. > Or perhaps just say: the link 'is on' or the link 'is switched on'? > So: ...LINK_SWITCHED_ON (sorry, forgot what the prefix is). > Actually, I think 'switched on' is a pretty good description of what is going on > in the hardware. I prefer activated, this makes me think of power. Bear in mind that for most audio the power is a big portion of the control - either the audio is analogue or it looks like it. -- 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/