[PATCH v4 0/3] Generic USB Display driver

Noralf Trønnes noralf at tronnes.org
Sat Jan 23 11:46:06 UTC 2021



Den 21.01.2021 11.20, skrev Simon Ser:
> On Thursday, January 21st, 2021 at 10:59 AM, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de> wrote:
> 
>> Well, I'd strongly ask to not call it "generic", because it isn't. We
>> have other USB drivers and anyone can make a USB display with these
>> protocols as well. That doesn't make them generic. A USB-standardized
>> protocol would be generic. Maybe call it custom, or home-made.

I agree that Generic probably isn't the best term to use here. Naming
stuff is hard. Maybe: Open USB Display Protocol - oudp?

> 
> Maybe rename it to "GUD USB Display driver"? :P
> 

Oh that's a recursive acronym :-) That would save me all the work of
renaming. I think I'll go with that, thanks.

Noralf.


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