[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915/gt: Use i915 instead of dev_priv as name for the private device

[Jani Nikula]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2023, "Das, Nirmoy" <nirmoy.das at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On 2/10/2023 4:03 PM, Andi Shyti wrote:
>> It is becoming a strong habit to call the drm_i915_private
>> structures "i915", but there are still many left that are called
>> dev_priv.
>>
>> Sometimes this makes grepping a bit challenging and anyway it
>> keeps a coherent style.
>>
>> Rename all the "dev_priv" structures in the gt/* directory to
>> "i915".
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti at linux.intel.com>
>> ---
>> Hi,
>>
>> just checking if we want something similar. I have this same
>> replicated patch for the rest of i915 but I want to make sure we
>> actually want it.
>
> I might be lacking historical context here but I assumption is we are 
> moving towards replacing dev_priv with i915 everywhere.

Yes. The implicit dev_priv still present in some of the register macros
is the only reason not to convert, and even in those cases we should
look into fixing that too.

BR,
Jani.

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center