netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: cavium: fix driver name

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Date:   Sun, 18 Aug 2019 14:02:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc:     yuehaibing@...wei.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: cavium: fix driver name

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:49:49 -0700

> The driver name gets exposed in sysfs under /sys/bus/pci/drivers
> so it should look like other devices. Change it to be common
> format (instead of "Cavium PTP").
> 
> This is a trivial fix that was observed by accident because
> Debian kernels were building this driver into kernel (bug).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>

Applied.