linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] net: mana: Add a driver for Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA)

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Message-ID: <YG+gFMnVuvtlHNQQ@lunn.ch>
Date:   Fri, 9 Apr 2021 02:30:12 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com,
        sthemmin@...rosoft.com, wei.liu@...nel.org, liuwe@...rosoft.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, leon@...nel.org, bernd@...rovitsch.priv.at,
        rdunlap@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] net: mana: Add a driver for Microsoft Azure
 Network Adapter (MANA)

> Linux kernel doesn't do namespaces in the code, so every new driver needs
> to worry about global symbols clashing

This driver is called mana, yet the code uses ana. It would be good to
resolve this inconsistency as well. Ideally, you want to prefix
everything with ana_ or mana_, depending on what you choose, so we
have a clean namespace.

	   Andrew