linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf: add const qualifier to perf_pmu

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Message-ID: <51B8605A.60402@imgtec.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:49:46 +0100
From:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC:	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>,
	Mischa Jonker <Mischa.Jonker@...opsys.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: add const qualifier to perf_pmu_register's 'name'
 arg

On 04/06/13 12:18, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 04:39:05PM +0530, Vineet Gupta wrote:
>> On 06/04/2013 04:33 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>> Simlar 'complaint' for the ARC stuff really, only marketing speak :-) 
>>
>> You mean lack of prefix in this case (as opposed to MetaG).
> 
> Nah, lack of proper (!markting speak) introduction to the arch ;-)
> 
> Is there something like the Intel SDM for these archs,

For metag, see the patchset intro for a brief (hopefully !marketing)
intro and links to documentation. Meta is the marketing name, metag is
generally used in code which reduces ambiguity with the word meta - tbh
I'm not certain whether metag is short for metagence or means something
else, but it's been that way for years now.

http://lwn.net/Articles/534906/

> if so, do we want
> to make it easier to find them for people?

Where would you suggest?

Some other arches link to the linux-$ARCH project homepages in Kconfig
help text which makes sense as that can then link to various
documentation and be more easily kept up to date. Not all arches have a
big project around them like that though.

Cheers
James

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