[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/3] drm: Add a new connector atomic property for link status

Daniel Vetter daniel at ffwll.ch
Tue Dec 6 07:16:41 UTC 2016


On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 12:33:28PM -0800, Manasi Navare wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 05:26:35PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > Hm, tiny new bikeshed: I'd drop the _property postfix here. The function
> > name is already really long as-is, and the fact that the link status is
> > exposed as a property is kinda irrelevant for kernel driver writers. But
> > up to you.
> > -Daniel
> >
> 
> I decided to name it as drm_mode_connector_set_link_status_property()
> looking at names of other set_property functions like
> drm_mode_connector_update_edid_property() or drm_mode_connector_set_path_property().
> Thats why I think it makes sense to append it with property just to be consistent.

Yeah it's fine either way, maybe we could just drop _property from all of
them. Really doesn't add much, but these long function names make
reasonable code layout a pain. Anyway, nothing that must be done here,
agreed.
-Daniel
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Daniel Vetter
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