netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/4 net-next] net: phy: add Generic Netlink Ethernet switch configuration API

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Date:	Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:47:22 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:	dcbw@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, s.hauer@...gutronix.de,
	nbd@...nwrt.org, blogic@...nwrt.org, jogo@...nwrt.org,
	gary@...assoc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4 net-next] net: phy: add Generic Netlink Ethernet
 switch configuration API

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:32:29 -0700

> 2013/10/22 Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>:
>> On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 11:23 -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>> This patch adds an Ethernet Switch generic netlink configuration API
>>> which allows for doing the required configuration of managed Ethernet
>>> switches commonly found in Wireless/Cable/DSL routers in the market.
>>
>> "swconfig" probably means "switch config", but is there any way to
>> rename this away from the "sw" prefix, since "sw" typically means
>> "software" and not "switch"?
> 
> Sure, how about something like "enetsw"? I would like to avoid using
> "switch" too much since this is a C reserved keyword.

"swtch"? :-)
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