Re: [PATCH] rust/drm: tyr: Convert to the register!() macro

From: Daniel Almeida

Date: Fri Jan 16 2026 - 08:39:04 EST



>>>
>>> Is there any reason why you replace the UPPERCASE register names with
>>> CamelCase ones?
>>>
>>> I was under the impression that we want to use UPPERCASE for register
>>> names. Like in nova
>>>
>>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs
>>
>> Not really. UPPERCASE for non-const items will trigger the linter. The Nova
>> people chose to #[allow] this to align with OpenRM and, IIRC from the LPC
>> discussions, their registers are automatically generated from some internal
>> docs.
>>
>> We have only a few, we can simply convert them to CamelCase.
>
> Frankly, register names do look nicer in UPPER_CASE, especially that they're in
> many cases, packed with acronyms.
>
> Best,
> Gary
>

I don’t have an opinion here, to be honest. I think CamelCase does make it
easier on the eyes since our register names look quite simple, specially when
compared to Nova. However, I can switch to UPPER_CASE and add an
#![allow(non_camel_case_types)] if more people chime in.