linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pmdomain: Rename the genpd subsystem to pmdomain

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Message-Id: <7b13a832-972a-4de6-ae0f-73b3bbb372b9@app.fastmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 13 Sep 2023 08:29:49 +0200
From:   "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To:     "Ulf Hansson" <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] pmdomain: Rename the genpd subsystem to pmdomain

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023, at 00:11, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> It has been pointed out that naming a subsystem "genpd" isn't very
> self-explanatory and the acronym itself that means Generic Power Domain, is
> known only by a limited group of people.
>
> In a way to improve the situation, let's rename the subsystem to pmdomain,
> which ideally should indicate that this is about so called Power Domains or
> "PM domains" as we often also use within the Linux Kernel terminology.
>
> Suggested-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>

Looks good to me,

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>