From: Ville S. <sy...@sc...> - 2009-02-03 23:59:06
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On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 02:23:34PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > Ville Syrjälä wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 09:09:38AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > >> On Mon, 2 Feb 2009, Randy Dunlap wrote: > >>> --- linux-2.6.29-rc3-git3.orig/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c > >>> +++ linux-2.6.29-rc3-git3/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c > >>> @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ > >>> #if defined(CONFIG_PM) || defined(CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT) || \ > >>> defined (CONFIG_FB_ATY_GENERIC_LCD) || defined(CONFIG_FB_ATY_BACKLIGHT) > >>> static const u32 lt_lcd_regs[] = { > >>> - CONFIG_PANEL_LG, > >>> + CNFG_PANEL_LG, > >> These were the official names as used in the ATI docs. After these changes, you > >> can no longer easily grep for them. > >> > >> Perhaps it's better to prefix everything with ATI_? yes, I know it's more work > >> (for the writer), but we want to optimize for the reader, right? > > Everything?? not just the CONFIG_* namespace violations? > > [If so,] Potentially 3600 changes just in 3 header files, then all of > the corresponding .c files. No thanks. That does seem quite a bit of work. But even if you change only the CONFIG_ violations I'd say adding a prefix is preferable to changing the register name in a way that makes it more difficult to look it up in the chip documentation. -- Ville Syrjälä sy...@sc... http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/ |