linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regulator: fixed: Remove WARs for handling of_get_named

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Date:	Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:44:18 +0530
From:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
CC:	<lgirdwood@...il.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: fixed: Remove WARs for handling of_get_named_gpio()
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On Friday 11 March 2016 10:00 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> * PGP Signed by an unknown key
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 05:42:46PM +0530, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
>
>> Remove the WAR implemented in fixed regulator to handle the
>> return of of_get_named_gpio().
> You need to explain what a WAR is, I suspect it's some nVidia internal
> term.
>
We used term "WAR" as workaround. This we used for special handling in 
SW for unusual stuff.
Probably "Hack" is the more appropriate word.

Should I use "hack" here?