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Date:      Mon, 1 Jul 2013 02:07:41 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r252425 - head/sys/arm/arm
Message-ID:  <20130701020741.GD9325@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20130701113808.F894@besplex.bde.org>
References:  <201306301952.r5UJqfwf010873@svn.freebsd.org> <20130701113808.F894@besplex.bde.org>

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On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 11:56:25AM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jun 2013, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote:
> >Log:
> > Decrypt magic numbers - define names for fields of Generic Timer's
> > CNTKCTL reg.
> >...
> >+#define	GENERIC_TIMER_CNTPSIRQ	29
> 
> Here the interesting part CNTPSIRQ is fairly abbreviated, but its prefix
> is not. [...]
> 
> For full uglyness, expand all the prefixes and names:
> - SYS -> SYSTEM
> - RES -> RESOURCE
> - IRQ -> INTERRUPT_REQUEST_NUMBER
> - SYS_RES_IRQ -> SYSTEM_RESOURCE_INTERRUPT_REQUEST_NUMBER
> - RF -> RESOURCE_FLAG
> - RF_SHAREABLE_RESOURCE_FLAG_SHAREABLE - RF_ACTIVE ->
> RESOURCE_FLAG_ACTIVE
> - CNTPSIRQ -> COUNT_PRIVATELY_SOURCED_INTERRUPT_REQUEST_NUMBER
>   (just guessing what PS means): [...]
> 
> The names aren't even 80 characters long, so they actually fit on 1 line.

LOL, nice write up Bruce.  That's what usually happens when people are asked
to address some issue, but actually they don't understand very well what's
upsetting people. ;-)

./danfe



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