[PATCH 00/17] drm: rename various struct members "dev" -> "drm"

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 13.07.23 um 16:10 schrieb Uwe Kleine-König:
[...]
>   - Thomas Zimmermann
>     All data structures should be converted
>     naming: drm > *
[...]> I admit I'm not aware about the roles here, but up to then only Sean
> Paul wrote a clear no and maybe Jani Nikula a small one. I interpreted
> Paul Kocialkowski's replay as indifferent to the renaming. All others
> were in favour or only criticised details and naming.
> 
[...]
>   - Thomas Zimmermann
>     Agreed to Sean Paul about the too high downsides

I'd like to change my vote to

  - No, but if the others want this, I'm in favor of calling it 'drm'.

Best regards
Thomas


>   - Geert Uytterhoeven
>     In favour (also before via irc)
> )?
> 
>> Ignoring those concerns
> 
> I'm really surprised by this suggestion. Either I really missed
> something, or I'd like to ask these maintainers to communicate in a more
> obvious way. If I send a series and I get feedback like "If you rename
> drm_crtc.dev, you should also address *all* other data structures." (by
> Thomas Zimmermann) or "When you automatically generate the patch (with
> cocci for example) I usually prefer a single patch instead." (by
> Christan König) then I would expect that if they oppose the underlying
> idea of the series they would say so, too. I'm sorry, I cannot read a
> concern (to the underlying idea) from these replies. And so I addressed
> the feedback about the details with a new series to have an updated base
> for the discussion.
> 
>> and then sending a new version right away is, if not obnoxious,
>> definitely aggressive.
> 
> If this is how you experience my submission even after I tried to
> explain my real intentions, I'm sorry. And I'm sure there is a deep
> misunderstanding somewhere.
> 
> Best regards
> Uwe
> 

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