Jiri Slaby wrote: > On 5/25/07, Stefan Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ismail Dönmez wrote: >> > On Thursday 24 May 2007 20:38:05 Diego Calleja wrote: >> >> Maybe this is a too picky requeriment, but IMO it would be nice if the >> >> module would be called "camera_stk11xx", or had any other prefix that >> >> gives >> >> some meaning about what is doing. It's hard to decipher from the name when >> >> you run lsmod. >> > >> > That would be too picky indeed since other camera modules have no camera_ >> > prefix like pwc,spca5xx, etc. >> >> Then how about adding that prefix to all of them and provide the current >> name as module alias? >> >> Or at least, why not use better names for new modules? > > Just because modules can serve more that one interface of the device? > (audio/mic, camera), (remote controller, dvb grabber). I didn't get > the point of having the prefix in the name, what's the matter?
A prefix which describes the function of a driver is of course only useful if it /correctly/ describes it. What would be /correct/? If a driver for a audio + video capable camera supports either both audio and video capture or only video capture, I don't see anything wrong with a prefix like "camera". That said, we have "modinfo" at our disposal if we spot something nondescript in lsmod's listing. -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-=== -=-= ==--= http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
