linux-kernel - Re: [rfc patch] firewire: prefix modules with firewire- instead of fw-

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Date:	Fri, 25 May 2007 09:01:30 -0400
From:	"Kristian Høgsberg" <krh@...planet.net>
To:	"Stefan Richter" <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	linux1394-user@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	"Kristian Høgsberg" <krh@...hat.com>,
	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [rfc patch] firewire: prefix modules with firewire- instead of fw-

On 5/25/07, Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
> Of course everybody immediately associates "fw-" with FireWire, not
> firmware or firewall or whatever.  But "firewire-" has a nice ring to
> it too.

It's fine with me.  I like the less ambiguous names better, and I
don't think the length of the names is a problem.  If you end up
typing the module names too much, you're doing something wrong or
working on the firewire stack, in which case you're screwed anyway :)

Kristian
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