linux-kernel - Re: [v4 3/9] platform/x86: asus-armoury: move existing tunings to asus-armoury module

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Message-Id: <5951153c-3262-43d0-928a-14a399452d51@app.fastmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:43:28 +1200
From: "Luke Jones" <luke@...nes.dev>
To: "Markus Elfring" <Markus.Elfring@....de>,
 platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
 "Benjamin Tissoires" <bentiss@...nel.org>,
 "Corentin Chary" <corentin.chary@...il.com>,
 "Hans de Goede" <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
 Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
 "Jiri Kosina" <jikos@...nel.org>, "Mario Limonciello" <superm1@...nel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v4 3/9] platform/x86: asus-armoury: move existing tunings to asus-armoury
 module

On Fri, 27 Sep 2024, at 7:24 PM, Markus Elfring wrote:
>>> How much would you like to care for standard compliance concerns
>>> together with your software developments?
>>
>> I only ask about because it seems to deviate from everything else I've viewed. For example the older `asus-wmi.h` has:
>>
>> #ifndef _ASUS_WMI_H_
>> #define _ASUS_WMI_H_
>
> Such a naming approach is “popular”, isn't it?
>
>
>> and every other header in the drivers/platform/x86 dir is similar. If what I'm supposed to is omit the leading `_` then sure I'll do it, it's not of any consequence to me.
>
> I dare to propose possibilities to take safer identifier selections 
> better into account.
> I hope that we can benefit more from corresponding collateral evolution.

My sincerest apologies if I missed something in my tone when trying to convey might thoughts - for some things I am still learning in regards to C (I am mostly rust) and the difference was a curious thing to me.

The code is now updated to match your suggestion.

> Regards,
> Markus