On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 01:51:45PM +0100, Daniel Thompson wrote: > On 24/10/17 13:16, Sean Paul wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 11:35:42AM +0100, Daniel Thompson wrote: > > > On 20/10/17 18:20, Sean Paul wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Meghana Madhyastha > > > > <meghana.madhyastha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 02:26:00PM -0400, Sean Paul wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 6:42 PM, Noralf Trønnes <noralf@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Den 13.10.2017 22.25, skrev Sean Paul: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 04:11:43PM +0530, Meghana Madhyastha wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rename tinydrm_of_find_backlight to backlight_get and move it > > > > > > > > > to linux/backlight.c so that it can be used by other drivers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [apologies if this has been brought up in previous versions, I haven't > > > > > > > > been > > > > > > > > following closely] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think "backlight_get" is a good name for this function. How about > > > > > > > > of_find_backlight_by_name (since there's already > > > > > > > > of_find_backlight_by_node)? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I came up with that name modelled after gpiod_get() and gpiod_put() and I > > > > > > > deliberately kept the of_ part out of the name like the gpio functions. > > > > > > > gpiod_get() checks OF, ACPI and platform for gpios and calling it > > > > > > > backlight_get() would keep the door open for other ways of connecting > > > > > > > backlight devices in the future, other than Device Tree. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the background, Noralf! Apologies for stepping on top of > > > > > > your previous reviews. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think of_find_backlight() would be better than *_by_name(), since > > > > > > > 'backlight' is the common DT property name, so it wouldn't make much sense > > > > > > > to require every caller to pass in the same name. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of_find_backlight() sounds like a good compromise. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sean > > > > > > > > > > Are there any changes that need to be made to this patchset now ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > I still prefer s/backlight_get/of_find_backlight/ and it seems Noralf > > > > is Ok with that too. I think there were also review comments > > > > surrounding the _put function? > > > > > > How did this conversation result in a new patchset with the name changed? > > > > > > Did I miss something. > > > > > > > I asked the name be changed to of_find_backlight and that backlight_put be > > removed. > > Quite so. > > Sorry, I was filtering my mail way too fast and misread your comment as "I > still prefer backlight_get" :-O I can certainly relate to that problem! I'm happy we got this sorted out :-) Sean > That was my problem with reading, not your problem with writing. > > > Daniel. -- Sean Paul, Software Engineer, Google / Chromium OS _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
