Re: [PATCH 1/1] V4L: stk11xx, add a new webcam driver

[Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>]

Ismail Dönmez wrote:
> On Thursday 24 May 2007 20:38:05 Diego Calleja wrote:
>> El Thu, 24 May 2007 16:01:33 +0200 (CEST), Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> 
> escribió:
>> > +config USB_STK11XX
>> > +	tristate "STK11XX based webcams"
>> > +	depends on VIDEO_V4L2
>> > +	---help---
>> > +	  This will add support for Syntek webcams such as dc1125 and stk1135.
>> > +
>> > +	  If you choose to build it as module, it will be called stk11xx.
>>
>> 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?
-- 
Stefan Richter
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