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Message-ID: <f7848160809261347i3d96487do398ac9af3d952712@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:47:33 -0400 From: "Parag Warudkar" <parag.lkml@...il.com> To: "Stefan Richter" <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> Cc: "Greg KH" <gregkh@...e.de>, "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Andreas Gruenbacher" <agruen@...e.de>, "Jeff Mahoney" <jeffm@...e.de> Subject: Re: [patch 00/04] RFC: Staging tree (drivers/staging) On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> wrote: > Parag Warudkar wrote: >> >> Just name the staging modules with _stg prefix like I said - easier to >> spot _stg in the module list than decoding the taint. > > ... >> >> It is nice to not have to change core kernel code and annoy users with >> warnings > > Yes, let's annoy them with weird name changes instead. So people now a days crave for documenting staging modules and also get confused by the mixed use of driver_stg or driver? Come on. The name changes hardly matter for auto loading staging modules and I would be surprised if people document crap modules especially since the stable ones are documented later if at all they end up being documented. Parag -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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