netdev - Re: [PATCH] eisa: standardize on eisa_register_driver like similar bus registrations

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Date:	Tue, 08 Oct 2013 08:53:18 +0400
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	tedheadster@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eisa: standardize on eisa_register_driver like similar
 bus registrations

On Mon, 2013-10-07 at 16:02 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Matthew Whitehead <tedheadster@...il.com>
> Date: Sat,  5 Oct 2013 22:35:58 -0400
> 
> > The other buses (isa, pci, pnp, parport, usb, tty, etc) all use the convention
> > of ${BUSNAME}_register_driver. Rewrite the little remaining code that uses EISA
> > to follow this convention for easier readability.
> > 
> > This affects the EISA bus, SCSI, and networking subsystems so only one should
> > ultimately merge the patch if it is accepted.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Matthew Whitehead <tedheadster@...il.com>
> 
> I'm fine with someone else taking this, for networking parts:

I don't really see much value in the rename, especially as eisa is
probably not long for this world.  However, its a trivial rename, so
bundle it all up into a single patch and send it to Jiří Kosina
<trivial@...r.kernel.org> he'll take care of it.

James



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