Hi Mark,

From: Mark A. Greer [mailto:mgr...@mvista.com]
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:35:07AM -0800, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> > "Longley, Lester" <les...@ti.com> writes:
> >
> > [ ... ]
> >
> > > From: Sergei Shtylyov [mailto:sshtyl...@ru.mvista.com]
> >
> > [ ... ]
> >
> > >>     So, how should we reference to OMAP-L1x in kernel (in order to avoid 
> > >> the
> > >> confusion with real OMAP)?
> > >
> > > It's the strong preference from my group, Performance Media, that
> > > "da830" be *included* in the name.
> >
> > Lester, thanks for sharing the views of your group.
> >
> > Do you mean included along with the omapl1x name?  Or would your team
> > be OK with only the da830 naming (which would be my preference)?
> >
> > For in-kernel code, I think it would be *really* clumsy to have both.
> > In other words, I would much rather have
> >
> > #define DA830_MY_VAR
> > void da830_my_func(void);
> >
> > OR
> >
> > #define OMAPL1X_MY_VAR
> > void omapl1x_my_func(void);
> >
> > instead of:
> >
> > #define DA830_OMAPL1X_MY_VAR
> > void da830_omapl1x_my_func(void);
> >
> > Which I think would be more confusing than informative.
> >
> > > Maybe one could consider that a side benefit of such naming is
> > > easier distinction versus "real OMAP" (or maybe "original OMAP").
> >
> > Yes, I think that using the d830 naming only would avoid this
> > confusion.
> >
> > > Moreover, many users of the chip will utilize the DSP-side audio
> > > code available for DA830, and so helping them readily identify the
> > > appropriate kernel is important to them & to us.  This need can
> > > hopefully be addressed by inclusion of "da830_" prefix in the kernel
> > > name.
> >
> > Will these users have much visibility into the in-kernel naming?  Or
> > are you primarily concerned with the naming of how the kernel as it is
> > packaged and visible to non kernel-developers.
> 
> To try to get closure, here is a proposal:
> 
> File names/macros/config options will have da830 only but the menuconfig
> prompts will have "DA830/OMAP-L137" in them.  The defconfig would be
> called da8xx_omapl137_defconfig.
> 
> Everyone agree?

Did you mean "da830_omapl137_defconfig", rather than "da8xx_omapl137_defconfig"?

-Lester
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