From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932246AbWFMVSj (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:18:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932278AbWFMVSj (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:18:39 -0400 Received: from ns.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:43675 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932277AbWFMVSi (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:18:38 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:16:04 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Pavel Machek Cc: Oliver Bock , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: new driver for Cypress CY7C63xxx mirco controllers Message-ID: <20060613211604.GB26851@kroah.com> References: <200606100042.19441.o.bock@fh-wolfenbuettel.de> <20060609224957.GA15130@elf.ucw.cz> <200606121934.05619.o.bock@fh-wolfenbuettel.de> <20060613192304.GG27312@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060613192304.GG27312@elf.ucw.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 09:23:04PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > BTW could we get come better name for the driver? cy7c63 looks like > > > password of very paranoid sysadmin. > > > > Hm, the chipset family is just called like that and there're at least three > > other Cypress related drivers (cypress, cypress_m8 and cytherm) with generic > > names. I think this name shows clearly what kind of device it supports, > > doesn't it? > > cypress_63 might be unique and still easier to pronounce? Who cares what the thing is called. It only has to be unique in the whole kernel driver namespace, and it will be automatically loaded by the tools when the device is plugged in, so it will never be typed in by hand (except by developers, and they are used to looney names like this.) Oliver wrote it, so he gets to name it :) thanks, greg k-h