[PATCH v2 3/5] drm/dp: Move DisplayPort helpers into separate helper module

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 15.12.21 um 12:04 schrieb Jani Nikula:
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2021, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de> wrote:
>> 	* move DP helper code into dp/ (Jani)
> 
> I suggested adding the subdirectory, but I'm going to bikeshed the name,
> which I didn't suggest.
> 
> $ find drivers/gpu/drm -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | wc -l
> 68
> 
> Assuming we move more of the drm modules to subdirectories, how are they
> going to stand out from drivers?
> 
> I suggested drm_dp, which I understand results in tautology, but hey,
> all the filenames under drm/ also have drm_*.[ch]. And I find that very
> useful for git greps and other code archeology. With just the dp name,
> you'd have to know and list all the drm subdirectories when looking up
> stuff that's part of drm but not drivers.

I think we have enough filename prefixes already. drm/drm_dp/drm_dp_ is 
just ridiculous.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
> 
> BR,
> Jani.
> 
> 

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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
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