Re: [char-misc-next 01/12 v3] mei: Rename mei_device to mei_host

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Tue Feb 12 2013 - 18:09:10 EST


On Tuesday 12 February 2013, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > Please let's find something that makes both hw and Linux happy
> > I still believe it makes sense to use mei_device for what we add to the MEI
> > bus. I'd be fine with mei_bus_device as well, but that would somehow look
> > a bit awkward. Greg, Arnd, any preference ?
>
> "mei_device" works the best for me. Tomas, what you think of as a "MEI
> Device" really is a "MEI Controller", it bridges the difference between
> the PCI bus and your new MEI bus, so you will need to start thinking of
> these things a bit differently now that you have created your own little
> virtual bus.

Yes, I agree. mei_bus_device would also work as the name for the controller,
but not for the devices attached to it IMO.

Arnd
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