Hi, On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 at 01:43, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.g...@gmx.de> wrote: > > On 6/4/24 17:15, Mattijs Korpershoek wrote: > > According to [1], we should use bootmeth when describing the > > struct bootmeth: > > > > """ > > For version 2, a new naming scheme is used as above: > > > > - bootdev is used instead of bootdevice, because 'device' is overused, > > is everywhere in U-Boot, can be confused with udevice > > Boot devices are udevices though they don't relate to hardware but to an > abstract concept. > > bootdev is just an abbreviation. This does not make the meaning any clearer. > > > - bootmeth - because 'method' is too vanilla, appears 1300 times in > > U-Boot > > """ > > Avoiding abbreviations like bootdev and bootmeth improved readability.
I think people need to learn the terms used in the code. Having a term used consistently seems like a win to me. The documentation helps here too, e.g. [1] Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> Regards, Simon [1] https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/develop/bootstd.html#bootmeth
