linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v3 2/2] staging: media: cedrus: Rename H265 to HEVC

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Date:   Tue, 29 Mar 2022 08:53:57 +0200
From:   Sebastian Fricke <sebastian.fricke@...labora.com>
To:     Jernej Škrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org, acourbot@...omium.org,
        tfiga@...omium.org, hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Paul Kocialkowski <paul.kocialkowski@...tlin.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        "open list:STAGING SUBSYSTEM" <linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Allwinner sunXi SoC support" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "open list:ARM/Allwinner sunXi SoC support" 
        <linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 2/2] staging: media: cedrus: Rename H265 to HEVC

Hey Jernej,

On 28.03.2022 19:09, Jernej Škrabec wrote:
>Hi Sebastian!
>
>Dne nedelja, 27. marec 2022 ob 10:43:10 CEST je Sebastian Fricke napisal(a):
>> Rename all instances where the identifier H265 is used with HEVC.
>> The codec has multiple identifiers H.265 (ITU-T), MPEG-H Part 2 (ISO),
>> but the actual name of the codec is HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding).
>> Also nearly all other related drivers use the term HEVC instead of H265.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Fricke <sebastian.fricke@...labora.com>
>
>This patch is not constructive. I admit, it's unfortunate it's not using same
>name as other drivers, but anyone dealing with HEVC will know H265 is synonym
>for it. This patch doesn't improve anything and actually makes any fix harder
>to backport, if something cames up. According to diffstat, this rewrites more
>than 50% of cedrus_h265.c, including renaming the file. Additionally, it's easy
>to miss something to rename and we could play this game in the future too, for
>no real benefit.
>
>So NAK.

Alright, thank you for presenting your view on that topic. I'll drop this patch.

>
>Best regard,
>Jernej
>
>P.S. Please wait at least few days before resending patches, even if you find
>something. After all, RFC patches are meant to get some response, it's not
>expected they will be perfect.

Thanks for the tip, I'll be honest, I was bascically just ashamed that I
missed those variables even after extensive grepping that I thought I
better fix this up quickly instead of dumping trash on the mailing list.

Greetings,
Sebastian

>
>> ---
>>  drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/Makefile   |   2 +-
>>  drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c   |  30 +-
>>  drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.h   |  14 +-
>>  .../staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_dec.c   |  10 +-
>>  .../cedrus/{cedrus_h265.c => cedrus_hevc.c}   | 438 +++++++++---------
>>  .../staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_hw.c    |   4 +-
>>  .../staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_regs.h  | 394 ++++++++--------
>>  .../staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_video.c |   4 +-
>>  8 files changed, 448 insertions(+), 448 deletions(-)
>>  rename drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/{cedrus_h265.c => cedrus_hevc.c}
>> (53%)
>
>
>