Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 1/2] atyfb: fix CONFIG_ namespaceviolations

From: Ville Syrjälä
Date: Tue Feb 03 2009 - 06:06:47 EST


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?

That would be my preference as well.

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