netdev - Re: NetXen driver name

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Message-Id: <200702121333.16199.amitkale@netxen.com>
Date:	Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:33:16 +0530
From:	Amit Kale <amitkale@...xen.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: NetXen driver name

The already released kernel contains a broken driver.  It broke due to some 
code rearrangement changes someone submitted to fix sparse warnings.

-Amit

On Thursday 08 February 2007 23:45, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Amit Kale <amitkale@...xen.com> writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > NetXen ethernet driver present in 2.6.20 has name "netxen_nic". The
> > product itself is refered to as "nx_nic". To make it inline with the
> > product, would it be a good idea to change the name of the driver to
> > "nx_nic"?
>
> When it's already in a released kernel it's a little late to rename the
> module. You would cause upgrade pain to users who have hardcoded the module
> name.
>
> -Andi
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