Re: [PATCH v3 11/14] nubus: Rename struct nubus_dev

2017-12-05 Thread Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
On Tuesday, December 05, 2017 01:20:02 AM Finn Thain wrote: > It is misleading to call a functional resource a "device". In adopting > the Linux Driver Model, the struct device will be embedded in struct > nubus_board. That will compound the terminlogy problem because drivers > will bind with

Re: [PATCH v3 11/14] nubus: Rename struct nubus_dev

2017-12-05 Thread Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
On Tuesday, December 05, 2017 01:20:02 AM Finn Thain wrote: > It is misleading to call a functional resource a "device". In adopting > the Linux Driver Model, the struct device will be embedded in struct > nubus_board. That will compound the terminlogy problem because drivers > will bind with

[PATCH v3 11/14] nubus: Rename struct nubus_dev

2017-12-04 Thread Finn Thain
It is misleading to call a functional resource a "device". In adopting the Linux Driver Model, the struct device will be embedded in struct nubus_board. That will compound the terminlogy problem because drivers will bind with boards, not with functional resources. Avoid this by renaming struct

[PATCH v3 11/14] nubus: Rename struct nubus_dev

2017-12-04 Thread Finn Thain
It is misleading to call a functional resource a "device". In adopting the Linux Driver Model, the struct device will be embedded in struct nubus_board. That will compound the terminlogy problem because drivers will bind with boards, not with functional resources. Avoid this by renaming struct