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Message-ID: <AANLkTikiTdw1rTxO-wxmutm=vvcxGdTKKCs_roEA7uE-@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:44:52 -0600 From: Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com> To: michael@...erman.id.au Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mips <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>, microblaze-uclinux@...e.uq.edu.au, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linuxppc-dev list <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: Mega rename of device tree routines from of_*() to dt_*() On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 8:03 AM, Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au> wrote: > Personally I'm a bit ambivalent about it, the OF name is a bit wrong so > it would be nice to get rid of, but it's a lot of churn. > > So I'm hoping people with either say "YES this is a great idea", or "NO > this is stupid". Well, my vote is "no". I wouldn't call it stupid, but I do think it's a bad idea. In general, I don't like renaming functions, because it causes complications with merges and porting code across kernel versions. It also forces me to re-remember things. And especially in this case, the churn is too great. You're affecting files across multiple subsystems and architectures. -- Timur Tabi Linux kernel developer at Freescale -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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