Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] [PATCHv8 28/30] aio / timers: Add scripts/switch-timer-api

[Alex Bligh]

On 9 Aug 2013, at 11:26, Paolo Bonzini wrote:

> Il 08/08/2013 23:42, Alex Bligh ha scritto:
>> +        # these have just changed name
>> +        $line =~ s/\bqemu_mod_timer\b/qemu_timer_mod/g;
>> +        $line =~ s/\bqemu_mod_timer_(ns|us|ms)\b/qemu_timer_mod_$1/g;
>> +        $line =~ s/\bqemu_free_timer\b/qemu_timer_free/g;
>> +        $line =~ s/\bqemu_del_timer\b/qemu_timer_del/g;
> 
> I couldn't quite track which patch introduced this change.
> 
> I would either go all the way and drop the qemu_ prefix, or leave the
> old name in place.

As per previous comment, they can't stay the same because at various
stages in the process both apis are used. If we don't want to keep
qemu_timer_ for the static situation, I suggest we just go to timer_.

-- 
Alex Bligh