HEADSUP new usb code coming in.

Maxim Sobolev sobomax at FreeBSD.org
Tue Aug 19 21:59:19 UTC 2008


Robert Watson wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> 
>> Maxim Sobolev wrote:
>>> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>>>> Q. Can we change the name from "usb2_" to my favorite name? A. No.  
>>>> This is for a short period, stop being so annoying.
>>>
>>> Why not just "usb_"? You can then leave it as is then avoiding 
>>> violating POLA second time. Otherwise people would confuse it with 
>>> USB 2.0.
>>
>> P.S. I am talking about entries for kernel config here, not about 
>> names of directories and source files.
> 
> With the move to Subversion, there's a significantly lower technical 
> barrier to renaming files in the tree, especially if they exist only in 
> HEAD.  Let's assume that, when the time comes to remove the old USB 
> implementation, we will do whatever renaming of directories, files, and 
> symbols that may make sense. That is to say, let's leave the names as-is 
> and focus on the semantics.

See my other e-mail. I am talking about entries for kernel config here, 
not about names of directories and source files.

-Maxim


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