linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 03/20] staging: comedi: drivers: rename PLX PCI 9080 register offsets

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Date:	Fri, 20 May 2016 16:51:34 +0000
From:	Hartley Sweeten <HartleyS@...ionengravers.com>
To:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>
CC:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 03/20] staging: comedi: drivers: rename PLX PCI 9080
 register offsets

On Friday, May 20, 2016 9:31 AM, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 20/05/16 17:21, Hartley Sweeten wrote:
>> Just an comment on your renaming.
>>
>> You also renamed the registers in the daqbook2000 driver in the
>> <driver>_REG_<name> format. Personally I prefer the format to be
>> <driver>_<name>_REG. That way a grep for <driver>_<name> will
>> return both the register and bit uses.
>
> It makes it easier to distinguish the register offsets from the register 
> values, imho.

I guess. It's just not as common in comedi right now and it does make
grep'ing for all the register/bit uses a bit more cumbersome.

Regards,
Hartley