linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] ethernet/pch_gbe: Change company name OKI SEMICONDUCTOR to LAPIS Semiconductor

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Message-Id: <20120130.201929.1758603770664566022.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:19:29 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	tomoya.rohm@...il.com
Cc:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, qi.wang@...el.com, yong.y.wang@...el.com,
	joel.clark@...el.com, kok.howg.ewe@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ethernet/pch_gbe: Change company name OKI
 SEMICONDUCTOR to LAPIS Semiconductor

From: Tomoya MORINAGA <tomoya.rohm@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:35:26 +0900

> I can understand your saying.
> 
> If I post like below, is this patch acceptable for you ?
> +       tristate "OKI/LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR IOH(ML7223/ML7831) GbE"
> 
> BTW, I think need consistency for "Change company/product name" as a
> whole of linux.
> Because other patches for the same series "change company name" I
> posted have already accepted.
> e.g.(GPIO, USB device, DMA, UART, I2C)

I mainly object to moving the driver around, and failing to retain
the old name especially in user visible contexts such as Kconfig
variables, help text, and module parameters.
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