[PATCH 1/6] PCI: imx6: Rename imx6_* with imx_*

Fabio Estevam festevam at gmail.com
Wed Feb 28 15:14:16 PST 2024


On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 6:47 PM Frank Li <Frank.Li at nxp.com> wrote:
>
> imx6_* actually mean for all imx chips (imx6x, imx7x, imx8x and imx9x).

That's OK. In the kernel, we have lots of examples where the names of
files and functions follow the first chip model.

If this same IP gets used by another SoC in the future that is not
named i.MX, will this driver get renamed again?

> Rename imx6_* with imx_* to avoid confuse.

I don't find it confusing.

> Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li at nxp.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c | 754 +++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  1 file changed, 377 insertions(+), 377 deletions(-)

I think this pure churn and we should not do the rename as it brings
no benefits.



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