linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Rename rar_driver to rar

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:06:41 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Mark Allyn <mark.a.allyn@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	alan@...ux.intel.com, charles.f.johnson@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename rar_driver to rar_register

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 01:23:07AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:12:43 -0800
> Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> 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
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