[PATCH] pmdomain: Rename the genpd subsystem to pmdomain

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Tue Sep 12 23:21:05 PDT 2023


On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 12:11 AM Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson at linaro.org> wrote:

> It has been pointed out that naming a subsystem "genpd" isn't very
> self-explanatory and the acronym itself that means Generic Power Domain, is
> known only by a limited group of people.
>
> In a way to improve the situation, let's rename the subsystem to pmdomain,
> which ideally should indicate that this is about so called Power Domains or
> "PM domains" as we often also use within the Linux Kernel terminology.
>
> Suggested-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael at kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson at linaro.org>

Why not.
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij



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