Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 04 Jun 2002 18:00:26 +0200 | From | Martin Dalecki <> | Subject | Re: device model documentation 1/3 |
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Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 05:45:31PM +0200, Martin Dalecki wrote: > >>Patrick Mochel wrote: >> >> >>>Bus Types >>> >>>struct bus_type { >> >>... >> >> >> >>> int (*bind) (struct device * dev, struct device_driver * >>> drv); >>>}; >>> >> >>Please - Why do you call it bind? Does it have something with >>netowrking to do? Please just name it attach. This way the old UNIX >>guys among us won't have to drag a too big >>"UNIX to Linux translation dictionary" around with them. >>As an "added bonus" you will stay consistent with - >> >>USB code base in kernel > > > Huh? The usb code base doesn't use either "bind" or "attach" in it's > api. > > And who cares? You knew what he ment by this, and it's a pretty > standard term.
I care. And I had to thing long and hard before guessing what it could be. (I noticed this nomenclature error already in the kernel patch.)
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