linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] staging: vt6655: fix camelcase in ldBmThreshold

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Message-ID: <20210929125617.GA213077@tom-ThinkBook-14-G2-ARE>
Date:   Wed, 29 Sep 2021 14:56:17 +0200
From:   Tommaso Merciai <tomm.merciai@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>,
        Madhumitha Prabakaran <madhumithabiw@...il.com>,
        Yujia Qiao <rapiz@...mail.com>,
        Lucas Henneman <lucas.henneman@...aro.org>,
        Marcos Antonio de Jesus Filho <mdejesusfilho@...il.com>,
        Aldas Taraškevičius <aldas60@...il.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Deepak R Varma <mh12gx2825@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] staging: vt6655: fix camelcase in ldBmThreshold

On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 06:42:13AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 11:46:24PM +0200, Tommaso Merciai wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 05:26:36PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 06:25:19PM +0200, Tommaso Merciai wrote:
> > > > Replace camel case variable ldBmThreshold with snake case
> > > > variable ld_bm_threshold.
> > > 
> > > Same here, what exactly does this name mean and why did you pick it?
> > >
> >   You are right the same here. What do you think about "bm_threshold"?
> 
> What does "bm" stand for?

  Got it, thank you.
  The right traslation could be "dbm_threshold"? In the original
  variable name "l_" is for long (hungarian notation), "dbm" is for 
  decibels relative to a milliwatt, signal_strenght.

  Tommaso
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h