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

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Message-ID: <Zi/ERqbE3jnUxhkV@lizhi-Precision-Tower-5810>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:01:10 -0400
From: Frank Li <Frank.li@....com>
To: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>
Cc: Richard Zhu <hongxing.zhu@....com>,
	Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@...ux.com>,
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	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>,
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	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/11] PCI: imx6: Rename pci-imx6.c to pcie-imx.c

On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 03:01:33PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> 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.

Generally, pcie-driver will be not built as module. Anyway, it will not
big benefit by rename after second think. Let's keep the old name.

Frank

> 
> - 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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