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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 11/11] PCI/MSI: Introduce pcim_enable_msi*() family helpers
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 05:11:01PM +0100, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 04:16:02PM -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > What's the reason for using the "pcim_" prefix? To me, that suggests that
> > this is a "managed" interface in the sense described in
> > Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt, where resources are automatically
> > deallocated when the driver detaches. But I don't see anything like that
> > happening in this patch.
>
> Oh.. right. What about pci_auto_ prefix to indicate automatic fallback
> logic? Or may be even pcia_ ?

I'd vote for pci_auto, one-off single char pre/postfixes usually get
pretty confusing.

Thanks.

--
tejun


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