netdev - Re: [RFC v2 2/6] batman-adv: Rename batman-adv.h to batadv

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Date:   Wed, 6 Dec 2017 11:42:33 -0500
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To:     Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@...nmesh.com>
Cc:     Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 2/6] batman-adv: Rename batman-adv.h to batadv_genl.h

On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Sven Eckelmann
<sven.eckelmann@...nmesh.com> wrote:
> This file contains the relevant information to let userspace communicate
> with batman-adv over generic netlink. The relevant genl enums for the
> attributes and commands have the prefix batadv_genl. Renaming this file to
> this name therefore represents the content better and avoids confusion with
> the file which will contain the packet format definitions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@...nmesh.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                                        | 2 +-
>  include/uapi/linux/{batman_adv.h => batadv_genl.h} | 6 +++---

This and the previous patch changes uapi. That might break userspace
applications that rely on it.