linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] USB: Support for LPC32xx SoC

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Date:	Thu, 8 Mar 2012 14:48:49 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Roland Stigge <stigge@...com.de>
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, w.sang@...gutronix.de,
	kevin.wells@....com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	arnd@...db.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] USB: Support for LPC32xx SoC

On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 11:44:34PM +0100, Roland Stigge wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 08/03/12 23:22, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > So, should this function just be called something else, for the type of
> > hardware (lpc32xx?), and then do this check within the function?
> 
> Right. LPC32xx and PNX4008 seem to share much of the functionality but
> they don't share the bits() part. How about renaming (the static)
> 
> pnx4008_set_usb_bits()
> pnx4008_unset_usb_bits()
> 
> to
> 
> set_usb_bits()
> unset_usb_bits()
> 
> and internally doing machine_is_pnx4008() dependent stuff?
> 
> Regarding the other pnx4008_*() functions that are shared with lpc32xx,
> they only inherit the name for historical reasons. Which naming scheme
> should apply here if change is due? One common name between those two
> would be "nxp". We could replace everything common between pnx4008 and
> lpc32xx with nxp (including ths driver name) and handle the small
> pnx4008-specific stuff via machine_is_pnx4008().

That sounds more reasonable, right?  But do it in at least two patches
to make things obvious as to what is happening.

thanks,

greg k-h
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