netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Remove redundant NAPI functions

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Message-Id: <20090108.125458.198312862.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:54:58 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	joe@...ches.com
Cc:	bhutchings@...arflare.com, nhorman@...driver.com,
	shemminger@...tta.com, jarkao2@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Remove redundant NAPI functions

From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:40:46 -0800

> napi was just new-api.
> Why persist what seems a poor naming choice?

Maybe because "NAPI" has been ingrained into everyone's skull for the
past 10+ years?
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