linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] x86/platform/intel-mid: Add Power Management Unit driver

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2016 18:45:18 +0300
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Cohen <david.a.cohen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] x86/platform/intel-mid: Add Power Management
 Unit driver

On Tue, 2016-06-14 at 17:29 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> * Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2016-06-14 at 12:43 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > In the TRM it's called Power Management Unit, though once or twice
> > in some 
> > documents as Power Management Controller. I actually woudn't like to
> > use PMC 
> > abbreviation to not be confused with pmc_atom.c and many other
> > variation of 
> > existing PMC drivers of other Intel platforms.
> > 
> > PM* as a prefix might be too short to conflict with Power Management
> > framework 
> > in the kernel. P-Unit (punit*) is existing part in SoC which will
> > have its own 
> > driver in the future, so, can't use it either.
> > 
> > pwr*, pwrmu*, scpmu* (as of South Complex Power Management Unit) —
> > one of them?
> 
> 'pwr' certainly sounds good to me! PWMU perhaps?

Wouldn't be a bit confusing with pwm? I would stay at 'pwr'.

P.S. I have sent an indentation fix as a separate patch.

-- 

Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy