Re: [PATCH] drm/bridge: ti-sn65dsi86: rename GPIO register bits

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On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 02:25:37PM -0800, Doug Anderson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 2:16 PM Doug Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 12:19 AM Shawn Guo <shawnguo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > It renames GPIO register bits to drop 'SN_' prefix, so that they are
> > > consistent to other definitions - prefixing register name with 'SN_' but
> > > not for bit fields.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
> > >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> >
> > Sorry for taking so long to get back to this.  I think it came into my
> > inbox at the same time as a pile of other things and then got lost.
> > Your change looks good to me.  Sorry for being inconsistent when
> > adding those defines and thanks for fixing them!
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hrm, I just caught up on more email and found that in:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201210174338.kecryijwptzc2mi7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> ...that Uwe would prefer to keep these bits what I have and change all
> the others.  ;-)  I don't have a strong opinion either way, but I
> definitely agree that it'd be better for all the defines to be
> consistent.  If I had to arbitrarily make the decision one way or the
> other I'd probably land Shawn's patch but I certainly wouldn't object
> if we went Uwe's way either.  :-P

For the the relevant argument for prefixes is that tools like ctags and
cscope work more reliable. Take for example the name TX_TIMEOUT. There
are around 60 symbols with that name in the kernel tree. This is quite
annoying if you want to jump from a certain use to its definition.

Best regards
Uwe

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