Re: [char-misc-next 01/11 V2] mei: bus: Initial MEI bus typeimplementation

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Feb 11 2013 - 09:30:50 EST


On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 02:46:12PM +0100, Samuel Ortiz wrote:
> > You already have a 'struct mei_device', which refers to the PCI device
> > that owns the bus, and has clients attached to it. While it may be
> > a little confusing to people that already worked with the current
> > mei code, I think it would help to rename the existing 'mei_device'
> > to 'mei_host' or something else that feels appropriate, and introduce
> > the new structure as 'mei_device' derived from 'struct device', again
> > matching what most other subsystems do.
> I understand, and I agree it would make sense. As we're aiming at having this
> patchset merged during the next merge window, would it be ok to have this
> renaming phase as a follow up patch ?

Do you mean for 3.9? Sorry, my trees are now closed for new stuff like
this for 3.9, this will all have to wait for 3.10, so you have plenty of
time to get it right. No need to rush.

thanks,

greg k-h
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