linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] powernv:stop: Uniformly rename power9 to arch300

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Message-ID: <CAOSf1CET-A+E1FkS4hOJLQapnih=Sx51U6BdgjqXy--xJ9nytw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:46:07 +1100
From:   "Oliver O'Halloran" <oohall@...il.com>
To:     "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>,
        Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Shreyas B. Prabhu" <shreyasbp@...il.com>,
        Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Stewart Smith <stewart@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, mark.rutland@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] powernv:stop: Uniformly rename power9 to arch300

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Gautham R Shenoy
<ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 03:17:33PM +0530, Balbir Singh wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 02:37:01PM +0530, Gautham R. Shenoy wrote:
>> > From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> >
>> > Balbir pointed out that in idle_book3s.S and powernv/idle.c some
>> > functions and variables had power9 in their names while some others
>> > had arch300.
>> >
>>
>> I would prefer power9 to arch300
>>
>
>
> I don't have a strong preference for arch300 vs power9, will change it
> to power9 if that looks better.

Personally I think we should be as descriptive as possible and use
power_9_arch_300_the_bikeshed_is_red_dammit.

Oliver