linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/video/backlight: rename da903x to da903x

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:12:07 +0800
From:	"Eric Miao" <eric.y.miao@...il.com>
To:	"Sam Ravnborg" <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	"Mike Rapoport" <mike@...pulab.co.il>,
	"Eric Miao" <ymiao3@...vell.com>, rpurdie@...ys.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/video/backlight: rename da903x to da903x_bl

Sam,

Do you have any suggestion to this?

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Mike Rapoport <mike@...pulab.co.il> wrote:
>
>
> Eric Miao wrote:
>> Isn't modprobe supposed to be smart enough for things like this?
>
> Here's snap from build log:
>
> mike@...toodev /mnt/sdb1/git/linux-2.6-arm $ touch drivers/video/backlight/da903x.c
> mike@...toodev /mnt/sdb1/git/linux-2.6-arm $ touch drivers/regulator/da903x.c
> mike@...toodev /mnt/sdb1/git/linux-2.6-arm $ make O=/home/mike/arm/kernel/build/pxa/  modules
>  CHK     include/linux/version.h
> make[2]: `include/asm-arm/mach-types.h' is up to date.
>  Using /mnt/sdb1/git/linux-2.6-arm as source for kernel
>  GEN     /home/mike/arm/kernel/build/pxa/Makefile
>  CHK     include/linux/utsrelease.h
>  SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-arm
>  CALL    /mnt/sdb1/git/linux-2.6-arm/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
> <stdin>:1097:2: warning: #warning syscall fadvise64 not implemented
> <stdin>:1265:2: warning: #warning syscall migrate_pages not implemented
> <stdin>:1321:2: warning: #warning syscall pselect6 not implemented
> <stdin>:1325:2: warning: #warning syscall ppoll not implemented
> <stdin>:1365:2: warning: #warning syscall epoll_pwait not implemented
>  CC [M]  drivers/regulator/da903x.o
>  CC [M]  drivers/video/backlight/da903x.o
>  Building modules, stage 2.
>  MODPOST 70 modules
>  LD [M]  drivers/video/backlight/da903x.ko
> mike@...toodev /mnt/sdb1/git/linux-2.6-arm $
>
> So, apparently modpost is not smart enough for things like this :)
>
>> I'm afraid if modprobe isn't so capable, we may encounter the same
>> issue with other drivers and sometimes it is not so easy for
>> developers of aphasia like me to choose a better name :)
>>
>> - eric
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Rapoport [mailto:mike@...pulab.co.il]
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 5:43 PM
>> To: rpurdie@...ys.net
>> Cc: Eric Miao; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Mike Rapoport
>> Subject: [PATCH] drivers/video/backlight: rename da903x to da903x_bl
>>
>> Currently both da903x backlight and voltage reulator drivers have the
>> same name. Rename the backlight driver to allow use of both drivers as
>> modules.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <mike@...pulab.co.il>
>> ---
>>  drivers/video/backlight/Makefile                  |    2 +-
>>  drivers/video/backlight/{da903x.c => da903x_bl.c} |    0
>>  2 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>  rename drivers/video/backlight/{da903x.c => da903x_bl.c} (100%)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/Makefile
>> b/drivers/video/backlight/Makefile
>> index 103427d..2d8f7cb 100644
>> --- a/drivers/video/backlight/Makefile
>> +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/Makefile
>> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_OMAP1)       += omap1_bl.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_PROGEAR) += progear_bl.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CARILLO_RANCH) += cr_bllcd.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_PWM)  += pwm_bl.o
>> -obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_DA903X)       += da903x.o
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_DA903X)       += da903x_bl.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_MBP_NVIDIA) += mbp_nvidia_bl.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_TOSA) += tosa_bl.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_SAHARA)       += kb3886_bl.o
>> diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/da903x.c
>> b/drivers/video/backlight/da903x_bl.c
>> similarity index 100%
>> rename from drivers/video/backlight/da903x.c
>> rename to drivers/video/backlight/da903x_bl.c
>
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Mike.
>
>
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
> Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/
>



-- 
Cheers
- eric
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/