linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/14] nubus: Rename struct nubus

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Date:   Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:57:36 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
Cc:     "Linux/m68k" <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/14] nubus: Rename struct nubus_dev

Hi Finn,

On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 7:12 AM, Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au> wrote:
> It is misleading to use "dev" to mean a functional resource. And
> in adopting the Linux Driver Model, struct nubus_board will embed a
> struct device. Drivers will then bind with boards, not with functional
> resources.
>
> Rename struct nubus_dev as struct nubus_functional_resource. This is
> the vendor's terminology and avoids confusion.

Isn't "struct nubus_functional_resource" a bit long?
What about "nubus_res"? "nubus_fres"?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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