linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mtd: spinand: toshiba: Rename function name to change suffix and prefix (8Gbit)

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Date:   Mon, 2 Mar 2020 10:12:54 +0100
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Schrempf Frieder <frieder.schrempf@...tron.de>
Cc:     Yoshio Furuyama <ytc-mb-yfuruyama7@...xia.com>,
        "vigneshr@...com" <vigneshr@...com>,
        "linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mtd: spinand: toshiba: Rename function name to
 change suffix and prefix (8Gbit)

Hello,

Schrempf Frieder <frieder.schrempf@...tron.de> wrote on Mon, 2 Mar 2020
08:02:25 +0000:

> On 28.02.20 04:11, Yoshio Furuyama wrote:
> > The suffix was changed to classify from "g" to "j" between 1st generation
> > device and 2nd generation device that's new Serial NAND of Kioxia brand.  
> 
> I had to read this sentence multiple times to understand it. Maybe 
> something like this would be better:
> 
>    The suffix was changed from "g" to "j" to classify between 1st
>    generation and 2nd generation serial NAND devices (which now belong to
>    the Kioxia brand).
> 
> > As reference that's
> > 1st generation device of 1Gbit product is "tc58cvg0s3hraig"
> > 2nd generation device of 1Gbit product is "tc58cvg0s3hraij".
> > 
> > The 8Gbit product "TH58CxG3S0HRAIJ" is new line up of Kioxia's serial nand
> > and changed the prefix from tc58 to th58.
> > Thus it was changed argument to the function from "tc58cxgxsx" to
> > "tx58cxgxsxraix".  
> 
> Same here. It is very hard to read. I would write something like this:
> 
>    The 8Gbit type "TH58CxG3S0HRAIJ" is new to Kioxia's serial NAND lineup
>    and the prefix was changed from "TC58" to "TH85".
> 
>    Thus the functions were renamed from tc58cxgxsx_*() to
>    tx58cxgxsxraix_*().
> 
> With an easier to understand commit message:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@...tron.de>

Agreed, the commit log proposal from Frieder looks better.

The rest of the patch is fine by me though.

Thanks,
Miquèl