Mega rename of device tree routines from of_*() to dt_*()

[Stephen Neuendorffer]

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> bounces+stephen=neuendorffer.name at lists.ozlabs.org] On Behalf Of Michael Ellerman
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> Subject: RFC: Mega rename of device tree routines from of_*() to dt_*()
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> There were some murmurings on IRC last week about renaming the of_*()
> routines. I was procrastinating at the time and said I'd have a look at
> it, so here I am.
> 
> The thinking is that on many platforms that use the of_() routines
> OpenFirmware is not involved at all, this is true even on many powerpc
> platforms. Also for folks who don't know the OpenFirmware connection it
> reads as "of", as in "a can of worms".
> 
> Personally I'm a bit ambivalent about it, the OF name is a bit wrong so
> it would be nice to get rid of, but it's a lot of churn.
> 
> So I'm hoping people with either say "YES this is a great idea", or "NO
> this is stupid".

Personally, I think it's a great idea, if only because I stared long and hard
at the code once upon a time trying to figure out what is really OF-related
and what isn't.  It's somewhat clearer now that drivers/of has been factored
out (although, shouldn't it be drivers/dt???)

That said, it *is* alot of code churn.  If it's going to be done, I think it should be
done in concert with fixing a bunch of the function names which don't really follow any
sane naming convention, so that the backporting discontinuity only happens once.

Steve

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