Re: Mega rename of device tree routines from of_*() to dt_*()

[David Daney]

On 11/24/2010 09:02 AM, Stephen Neuendorffer wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linuxppc-dev-bounces+stephen=neuendorffer.name@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linuxppc-dev-
> > bounces+stephen=neuendorffer.name@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Ellerman
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 6:04 AM
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> > Cc: linux-mips; microblaze-uclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devicetree-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linuxppc-dev
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> > Subject: RFC: Mega rename of device tree routines from of_*() to dt_*()
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > There were some murmurings on IRC last week about renaming the of_*()
> > routines. I was procrastinating at the time and said I'd have a look at
> > it, so here I am.
> >
> > The thinking is that on many platforms that use the of_() routines
> > OpenFirmware is not involved at all, this is true even on many powerpc
> > platforms. Also for folks who don't know the OpenFirmware connection it
> > reads as "of", as in "a can of worms".
> >
> > Personally I'm a bit ambivalent about it, the OF name is a bit wrong so
> > it would be nice to get rid of, but it's a lot of churn.
> >
> > So I'm hoping people with either say "YES this is a great idea", or "NO
> > this is stupid".
>
> Personally, I think it's a great idea, if only because I stared long and hard
> at the code once upon a time trying to figure out what is really OF-related
> and what isn't.  It's somewhat clearer now that drivers/of has been factored
> out (although, shouldn't it be drivers/dt???)
>
> That said, it *is* alot of code churn.  If it's going to be done, I think it should be
> done in concert with fixing a bunch of the function names which don't really follow any
> sane naming convention, so that the backporting discontinuity only happens once.

Oh, you mean things like:

of_{,un}register_platform_driver vs. platform_driver_{,un}register

That one is particularly annoying to me.

David Daney
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