linux-kernel - Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [PATCH] cafe_ccic: default to allocating DMA buffers at probe time

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Message-ID: <1068.1190301380@lwn.net>
Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:16:20 -0600
From:	corbet@....net (Jonathan Corbet)
To:	Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net>
Cc:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	v4l-dvb-maintainer@...uxtv.org, video4linux-list@...hat.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mchehab@...radead.org,
	Trent Piepho <xyzzy@...akeasy.org>
Subject: Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [PATCH] cafe_ccic: default to allocating DMA buffers at probe time 

Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net> wrote:

> That said, I'm not opposed to keeping the parameter name the same while
> making the default 1; I just thought that the name 'alloc_bufs_at_read' was
> clearer.  Another option is to change it to 'no_alloc_bufs_at_load'.  Jon,
> any preference there?

I don't think that negating it by adding no_ at the front helps much.
In general, I prefer the name it has now, but it's not *that* big a
deal.  We've probably already expended more bandwidth than it's worth.

jon
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