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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] V4L: stk11xx, add a new webcam driver
    Jiri Slaby wrote:
    > On 5/25/07, Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
    >> Ismail Dönmez wrote:
    >> > On Thursday 24 May 2007 20:38:05 Diego Calleja wrote:
    >> >> Maybe this is a too picky requeriment, but IMO it would be nice if the
    >> >> module would be called "camera_stk11xx", or had any other prefix that gives
    >> >> some meaning about what is doing. It's hard to decipher from the name when
    >> >> you run lsmod.
    >> >
    >> > That would be too picky indeed since other camera modules have no camera_
    >> > prefix like pwc,spca5xx, etc.
    >>
    >> Then how about adding that prefix to all of them and provide the current
    >> name as module alias?
    >>
    >> Or at least, why not use better names for new modules?
    >
    > Just because modules can serve more that one interface of the device?
    > (audio/mic, camera), (remote controller, dvb grabber). I didn't get
    > the point of having the prefix in the name, what's the matter?

    A prefix which describes the function of a driver is of course only
    useful if it /correctly/ describes it. What would be /correct/? If a
    driver for a audio + video capable camera supports either both audio and
    video capture or only video capture, I don't see anything wrong with a
    prefix like "camera".

    That said, we have "modinfo" at our disposal if we spot something
    nondescript in lsmod's listing.
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    Stefan Richter
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