Re: [RFC/RFT][PATCH v2 0/7] Functional dependencies between devices

[Lukas Wunner]

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 12:41:33AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 11:58:56 AM Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> > Rafael, BTW, didn't you plan to change the name of the device_link_add()
> > function to device_dependency_add() to avoid confusion with network device
> > "link"?
> 
> I was concerned about the "devlink" name in particular, but I thought that
> struct device_link would be distinct enough.  If not, I can still change it.

The "links" term has already been established, in a sense, by commit
5063ce1571b7 ("PM / Domains: Allow generic PM domains to have multiple
masters").

However the genpd links introduced by that commit use a master/slave
terminology, rather than supplier/consumer.

Best regards,

Lukas