linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] hte: New subsystem for v5.19-rc1

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Message-ID: <0cf8da00-385e-c1d0-d279-a93ed9203fbc@nvidia.com>
Date:   Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:30:33 -0700
From:   Dipen Patel <dipenp@...dia.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     "D, Lakshmi Sowjanya" <lakshmi.sowjanya.d@...el.com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        linux-tegra <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Saha, Tamal" <tamal.saha@...el.com>, bala.senthil@...el.com,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] hte: New subsystem for v5.19-rc1

Hi Linus,


Thanks for pulling in the hte subsystem. I wanted to check with you if renaming hte subsystem to "timestamp" as suggested by Thierry is ok or do you prefer to keep it as it is?


Best Regards,

Dipen Patel

On 6/5/22 9:16 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 1:11 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:
>> Another provider did come up, and were requested (by me) to work with
>> Dipen on the subsystem in august last year, that was the Intel PMC in the
>> Elkhart and Tiger Lake platforms and forward
> Ok, I've pulled this now, even if I don't love the "hte" name. I
> despise specialized TLA's that aren't some obvious "if you're a kernel
> developer, you know what this means".
>
>                        Linus