Re: [PATCH] pmdomain: Rename the genpd subsystem to pmdomain

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Ulf,

Thanks for your patch!

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 12:11 AM Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It has been pointed out that naming a subsystem "genpd" isn't very
> self-explanatory and the acronym itself that means Generic Power Domain, is

Generic PM Domain?

> known only by a limited group of people.
>
> In a way to improve the situation, let's rename the subsystem to pmdomain,
> which ideally should indicate that this is about so called Power Domains or
> "PM domains" as we often also use within the Linux Kernel terminology.
>
> Suggested-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>

>  drivers/{genpd => pmdomain}/renesas/Makefile  |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a7742-sysc.c                    |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a7743-sysc.c                    |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a7745-sysc.c                    |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a77470-sysc.c                   |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a774a1-sysc.c                   |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a774b1-sysc.c                   |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a774c0-sysc.c                   |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a774e1-sysc.c                   |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a7779-sysc.c                    |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a7790-sysc.c                    |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a7791-sysc.c                    |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a7792-sysc.c                    |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a7794-sysc.c                    |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a7795-sysc.c                    |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a7796-sysc.c                    |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a77965-sysc.c                   |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a77970-sysc.c                   |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a77980-sysc.c                   |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a77990-sysc.c                   |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a77995-sysc.c                   |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a779a0-sysc.c                   |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a779f0-sysc.c                   |  0
>  .../renesas/r8a779g0-sysc.c                   |  0
>  .../renesas/rcar-gen4-sysc.c                  |  0
>  .../renesas/rcar-gen4-sysc.h                  |  0
>  .../{genpd => pmdomain}/renesas/rcar-sysc.c   |  0
>  .../{genpd => pmdomain}/renesas/rcar-sysc.h   |  0
>  .../renesas/rmobile-sysc.c                    |  0

> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS

> @@ -2598,7 +2598,7 @@ F:        arch/arm/include/debug/renesas-scif.S
>  F:     arch/arm/mach-shmobile/
>  F:     arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/
>  F:     arch/riscv/boot/dts/renesas/
> -F:     drivers/genpd/renesas/
> +F:     drivers/pmdomain/renesas/
>  F:     drivers/soc/renesas/
>  F:     include/linux/soc/renesas/
>  K:     \brenesas,

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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