netdev - Re: [net 8/8] i40e: include i40e in kernel proper

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Date:	Wed, 11 Sep 2013 07:32:17 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
	Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@...el.com>,
	PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [net  8/8] i40e: include i40e in kernel proper

On Wed, 2013-09-11 at 05:20 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-09-11 at 02:50 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > New driver build option is CONFIG_I40E
> 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
> []
> > +i40e.txt
> > +	- README for the Intel Ethernet Controller XL710 Driver (i40e).
> 
> Just curious but why the XL710 / i40e name mismatch?

i40e stands for Intel 40 GbE Ethernet which is more generic than naming
the driver the same as the first part (XL710).  That way when future
silicon is made, we are not stuck with a driver named after previous
silicon.

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