Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Dec 2010 19:03:28 +0000 | From | Mark Brown <> | Subject | Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links |
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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.
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