linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/12] making the kernel -Wshadow clean

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Message-ID: <44CE2A00.4040704@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:04:16 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@....utfsm.cl>
CC:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>, Paul Jackson <pj@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] making the kernel -Wshadow clean - fix mconf

Horst H. von Brand wrote:
> 
>>>     instr
>> I don't recall using that variable name - I believe you mean 'intr'
>> for interrupt that I used in place of 'irq'.
> 
> Please don't. If people are accustomed to irq, they will start wondering
> what intr is all about (or what the difference is, etc).
> 

Worse, on the x86 platform, people may very well assume that irq 0 = 
intr 32 etc.

	-hpa
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