linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 04/11] PCI: imx6: Rename pci-imx6.c to pcie-imx.c

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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 15:01:33 +0530
From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>
To: Frank Li <Frank.Li@....com>
Cc: Richard Zhu <hongxing.zhu@....com>,
	Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@...ux.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
	NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	imx@...ts.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/11] PCI: imx6: Rename pci-imx6.c to pcie-imx.c

On Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 10:33:40AM -0400, Frank Li wrote:
> Update the filename from 'pci-imx6.c' to 'pcie-imx.c' to accurately reflect
> its applicability to all i.MX chips (i.MX6x, i.MX7x, i.MX8x, i.MX9x).
> Eliminate the '6' to prevent confusion. Additionally, correct the prefix
> from 'pci-' to 'pcie-'.
> 
> Retain the previous configuration CONFIG_PCI_IMX6 unchanged to maintain
> compatibility.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@....com>

You should not rename a driver as that will break existing userspace scripts
looking for module with old name.

- Mani

> ---
>  drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Makefile                   | 2 +-
>  drivers/pci/controller/dwc/{pci-imx6.c => pcie-imx.c} | 0
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Makefile b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Makefile
> index bac103faa5237..eaea7abbabc2c 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Makefile
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PCIE_BT1) += pcie-bt1.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_DRA7XX) += pci-dra7xx.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_EXYNOS) += pci-exynos.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_PCIE_FU740) += pcie-fu740.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_IMX6) += pci-imx6.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_IMX6) += pcie-imx.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_PCIE_SPEAR13XX) += pcie-spear13xx.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_KEYSTONE) += pci-keystone.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_LAYERSCAPE) += pci-layerscape.o
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-imx.c
> similarity index 100%
> rename from drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
> rename to drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-imx.c
> 
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 

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