Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links

From: Laurent Pinchart
Date: Thu Dec 09 2010 - 07:52:42 EST


Hi,

On Tuesday 07 December 2010 20:03:28 Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 07:11:39PM +0100, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> > Ah, now I understand what you mean. Would 'activated' be better than
> > 'active'?
>
> Better, yes, though it still sounds a bit like something should be
> actively (IYSWIM) happening. In the absence of better ideas I could go
> with this.
>
> > Or perhaps just say: the link 'is on' or the link 'is switched on'?
> >
> > So: ...LINK_SWITCHED_ON (sorry, forgot what the prefix is).
> >
> > Actually, I think 'switched on' is a pretty good description of what is
> > going on in the hardware.
>
> I prefer activated, this makes me think of power. Bear in mind that for
> most audio the power is a big portion of the control - either the audio
> is analogue or it looks like it.

Do I understand it correctly that the outcome of this discussion is that I
just need to rename active to activated when talking about links ?

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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