netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] stmmac: rename it to synopsys

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Date:   Wed, 11 Jan 2017 16:32:41 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com, lars.persson@...s.com, niklass@...s.com,
        peppe.cavallaro@...com, alexandre.torgue@...com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] stmmac: rename it to synopsys

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:14:32 -0800

> As mentioned before, although git is able to track renames, git log does
> not automatically have --follow, so it can be hard for people to track
> down the (new) history of the driver.
> 
> Personally, I don't see much value in doing this rename, especially when
> all the driver internal structures are still going to be named with
> stmmac (and please don't even think about doing a s/stmmac/snps/ inside
> the driver ;)).

I agree, this could really make long term maintainence and bug fix
backporting a nightmare for a lot of people.

Please strongly reconsider, I still don't see any true value in this
rename.