[Mesa-dev] Naming everything in src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi si_*

[Andreas Hartmetz]

Continuing here because the threads had diverged...

I've updated the patch series under the same URL and applied all the
suggested improvements. The variable renames are still in, but at the
very end so they are trivial to omit.

On Tuesday 07 January 2014 17:27:56 Andreas Hartmetz wrote:
> We have talked on IRC meanwhile:
> "Everywhere" was supposed to mean file names and data structures.
> 
> I have made a patch series (git link because file renames produce huge
> diffs) that renames *everything* away from r600 (and also radeonsi)
> to si, where it is actually about SI. In the such modified code it is
> then clear at first glance that only resources, textures and some
> other low-level interface code from R600 / generic Radeon are actually
> used in SI code.
> 
> The patch series is ordered by increasing controversy potential due
> to destruction of git blame history, so the last parts can be omitted
> if they are deemed too destructive to history. In my opinion, it is
> better to have code that is readable now than code that is less
> readable but with the possibility to look up how it became like that.
> 
> Michel said on IRC that he'd prefer to keep the name radeonsi_pipe.h/c,
> I disagree: If the library name is to be kept, there must be a break
> between radeonsi and si *somewhere*, and it is normal for library names
> to not correspond to any file name in the library. The same scheme is
> used in llvmpipe, llvmpipe lib / directory versus lp_* file names.
> 
> Here's the repository (branch is master):
> git git://anongit.kde.org/scratch/ahartmetz/mesa.git
> web http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=scratch%2Fahartmetz%2Fmesa.git
> 
> On Monday 06 January 2014 15:50:05 Marek Olšák wrote:
> > It sounds good, but I'd like the prefix to be si_ everywhere.
> > 
> > Marek
> > 
> > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Andreas Hartmetz <ahartmetz at gmail.com>
> 
> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > many of the files in radeonsi originally came from other places where
> > > they had different names and were never renamed.
> > > Most of them now have names that don't tell what the files are for
> > > (r600 is not actually the first hardware supported by them, they start
> > > at radeonsi), and even those with radeonsi are split between
> > > radeonsi_ and si_.
> > > si_ is shorter than radeonsi_, but inconsistent with the directory and
> > > library name. I still think it's the best option, but no strong opinion
> > > from me. If and when the files are renamed, the next step would be
> > > doing the same with the r600_ struct and function names.
> > > Does that sound good? I'll send the patches shortly if so.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Andreas
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