On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 09:22:34PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote: > 3) We have a prefix for us humans to help us find the code. Now we > have ops, i cannot simply do M-. and emacs will take me to the > implementation. I have to search for it a bit. Having the hint g1_ > tells me to go look in global1.c. Having the hint g2_ tells me to go > look in global2.c. Having the port_ tells me to go look in port.c. > Having no prefix tells me the code is scattered around and grep is my > friend. > > The prefix is just a hint where the function is in the source > code. Nothing more.
Just chiming in here: Having a function interface with callback functions is widely used pattern in the kernel, but adding little prefixes is not. Sure, you have to look to find a particular instance of a callback, but it isn't _that_ hard. Thanks, Richard
