netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] gve: unify driver name usage

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Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2023 23:20:15 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Junfeng Guo <junfeng.guo@...el.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, jeroendb@...gle.com, pkaligineedi@...gle.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] gve: unify driver name usage

On Sat, Jul 08, 2023 at 11:14:51AM +0800, Junfeng Guo wrote:
> Current codebase contained the usage of two different names for this
> driver (i.e., `gvnic` and `gve`), which is quite unfriendly for users
> to use, especially when trying to bind or unbind the driver manually.
> The corresponding kernel module is registered with the name of `gve`.
> It's more reasonable to align the name of the driver with the module.
> 
> Fixes: 893ce44df565 ("gve: Add basic driver framework for Compute Engine Virtual NIC")

You are posting this for net, and have a fixes tag. Please take a look at:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html

Do you think it fulfils those rules?

   Andrew