[PATCH v2 06/33] drm/connector: Rename legacy TV property

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 26.09.22 um 11:50 schrieb Maxime Ripard:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 10:19:08AM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Am 22.09.22 um 16:25 schrieb Maxime Ripard:
>>> The current tv_mode has driver-specific values that don't allow to
>>> easily share code using it, either at the userspace or kernel level.
>>>
>>> Since we're going to introduce a new, generic, property that fit the
>>> same purpose, let's rename this one to legacy_tv_mode to make it
>>> obvious we should move away from it.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime at cerno.tech>
>>
>> It's not wrong, but 'legacy' is already overloaded with meaning. If you can,
>> maybe name it 'driver_tv_mode_property' or 'custom_tv_mode_property'
>> instead.
>>
>> Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
> 
> I'd really like to point out that new drivers shouldn't be using this.
> If we're using either of your proposals then writers might get the
> impression that this is ok to us.
> 
> Would you prefer deprecated to legacy?

I'm merely suggesting. Call it legacy then, so you don't have to rework 
all of the patches.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
> Maxime

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