Quoting Chris Wilson (2018-02-21 11:56:36)
> We want to de-emphasize the link between the request (dependency,
> execution and fence tracking) from GEM and so rename the struct from
> drm_i915_gem_request to i915_request. That is we may implement the GEM
> user interface on top of requests, but they are an abstraction for
> tracking execution rather than an implementation detail of GEM. (Since
> they are not tied to HW, we keep the i915 prefix as opposed to intel.)
> 
> In short, the spatch:
> @@
> 
> @@
> - struct drm_i915_gem_request
> + struct i915_request
> 
> A corollary to contracting the type name, we also harmonise on using
> 'rq' shorthand for local variables where space if of the essence and
> repetition makes 'request' unwieldy. For globals and struct members,
> 'request' is still much preferred for its clarity.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <[email protected]>
> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <[email protected]>
> Cc: Mika Kuoppala <[email protected]>
> Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <[email protected]>
> Cc: Michał Winiarski <[email protected]>
> Cc: Michal Wajdeczko <[email protected]>

Right, should not cause a mayhem when merged now.

Acked-by: Joonas Lahtinen <[email protected]>

Regards, Joonas
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