netdev - Re: [PATCH v4] net: ethernet: cavium: Correct Cavium Thunderx NIC driver names accordingly to module name

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Date:   Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:22:32 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     Vadim.Lomovtsev@...iumnetworks.com
Cc:     sgoutham@...ium.com, rric@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Vadim.Lomovtsev@...ium.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] net: ethernet: cavium: Correct Cavium Thunderx NIC
 driver names accordingly to module name

From: Vadim Lomovtsev <Vadim.Lomovtsev@...iumnetworks.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 03:38:17 -0800

> From: Vadim Lomovtsev <Vadim.Lomovtsev@...ium.com>
> 
> It was found that ethtool provides unexisting module name while
> it queries the specified network device for associated driver
> information. Then user tries to unload that module by provided
> module name and fails.
> 
> This happens because ethtool reads value of DRV_NAME macro,
> while module name is defined at the driver's Makefile.
> 
> This patch is to correct Cavium CN88xx Thunder NIC driver names
> (DRV_NAME macro) 'thunder-nicvf' to 'nicvf' and 'thunder-nic'
> to 'nicpf', sync bgx and xcv driver names accordingly to their
> module names.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vadim Lomovtsev <Vadim.Lomovtsev@...ium.com>

Applied to net-next, thank you.