netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: sh_eth: rename name structures as rcar_gen[12]

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:20:07 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
        Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: sh_eth: rename name structures as rcar_gen[12]_*

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Simon Horman
<horms+renesas@...ge.net.au> wrote:
> Rename structures describing R-Car SoCs as rcar_gen[12]_*
> rather than r8a77[79]x_*. This seems a little easier on the
> eyes will make things slightly cleaner in a follow-up
> patch that adds fallback-compatibility strings for these SoCs.
>
> Note that R-Car Gen2 and RZ/G1 have many compatible IP blocks.  The
> approach that has been consistently taken for other IP blocks is to name
> common code, compatibility strings and so on after Rcar Gen2.
>
> Also rename sh_eth_set_rate_r8a777x as sh_eth_set_rate_rcar as
> it it is used by the R-Car generations supported by the driver.
>
> This patch should have no run-time effect and
> is compile-tested only.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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