linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/8] clk: sunxi-ng: Rename files to match Kconfig and drivers

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Date:   Fri, 3 Sep 2021 11:10:40 +0200
From:   Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>
To:     Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>
Cc:     Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] clk: sunxi-ng: Rename files to match Kconfig and
 drivers

Hi,

On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 12:05:22AM -0500, Samuel Holland wrote:
> When the drivers are built as modules, the file name will become the
> module name. Rename the files so everything matches: the Kconfig symbol,
> the platform driver name (as seen in sysfs), and the module name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>

I'm not a big fan of big renames like this, it makes merging and
backporting patches harder in the long term.

I assume you did this to make the module autoloading work? If so, using
MODULE_ALIAS would be less intrusive

Maxime

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