[PATCH] staging: comedi: add NI USB-6501 initial support
Luca Ellero
luca.ellero at brickedbrain.com
Wed Aug 6 09:50:54 UTC 2014
On 06/08/2014 11:29, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 2014-08-06 09:49, Luca Ellero wrote:
>> A question only:
>> apart from renaming file from ni_6501.c to ni_usb6501.c, should I rename
>> functions/variables as well? For example:
>>
>> ni6501_auto_attach -> niusb6501_auto_attach
>> ni6501_private -> niusb6501_private
>
> It's okay to abbreviate the prefix, so ni6501, usb6501 or niusb6501
> would all be fine. The main purpose of the prefix is to avoid name
> clashes with things declared in included header files etc., and to make
> it easier to spot things in symbol tables, Oops messages, etc.
>
Thank you Ian.
I'll stick to the actual names then.
Regards
Luca
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