linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 5/9] platform/x86: i2c-multi-instantiate: Rename it for a generic bus driver name

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:34:53 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Stefan Binding <sbinding@...nsource.cirrus.com>
Cc:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Mark Gross <markgross@...nel.org>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        "moderated list:SOUND - SOC LAYER / DYNAMIC AUDIO POWER MANAGEM..." 
        <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        patches@...nsource.cirrus.com,
        Lucas Tanure <tanureal@...nsource.cirrus.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/9] platform/x86: i2c-multi-instantiate: Rename it for
 a generic bus driver name

On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 2:43 PM Stefan Binding
<sbinding@...nsource.cirrus.com> wrote:
>
> From: Lucas Tanure <tanureal@...nsource.cirrus.com>
>
> Rename I2C multi instantiate driver to bus-multi-instantiate for
> upcoming addition of SPI support

TBH, I don't particularly like the new naming.

Namely, the "bus" part seems overly generic (and the "bmi"
abbreviation brings something totally different to mind).

AFAICS this can cover serial interfaces only and specifically the ones
where serial links can be represented as resources returned by the
ACPI _CRS object.

I would call it serial-multi-instance or similar.