On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:52:17 +0000 Russell King - ARM Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:05:38AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:09:11 +0000 Liam Girdwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > This patch provides the regulator framework core. The core also provides a
> > > sysfs interface for userspace information.
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > +
> > > +/* We need to undef the current macro (from include/asm/current.h)
> > > otherwise
> > > + * our "current" sysfs entry becomes "(get_current())".
> > > + */
> > > +#undef current
> >
> > err, no ;) Please rename your stuff.
>
> Renaming is not an option - "current" is an electronic term for which
> there is no alternative.
amps, milliamps, amperage (the latter of which I've always disliked)
> The real problem is this __ATTR macro crap:
>
> + __ATTR(current, 0444, regulator_uA_show, NULL),
This interface would actually be *improved* if that sysfs file were named
"microamps" rather than "current". Because its units become
self-documenting. Similarly, s/voltage/millivolts/g
> #define __ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store) { \
> .attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode }, \
> .show = _show, \
> .store = _store, \
> }
>
> If __ATTR allowed the name to be passed as a string, instead of stupidly
> stringifying it, then this wouldn't be needed. So I suggest that the
> #undef stands _until_ we fix this stupid macro.
yeah, macros suck.
> Or we rename the
> "current" macro to something that doesn't clash with accepted scientific
> and engineering terminology.
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