netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/4 net-next] net: phy: add Generic Netlink Ethernet switch configuration API

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Message-Id: <20131022.172204.485588329844430729.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:22:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dcbw@...hat.com
Cc:	f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	s.hauer@...gutronix.de, nbd@...nwrt.org, blogic@...nwrt.org,
	jogo@...nwrt.org, gary@...assoc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4 net-next] net: phy: add Generic Netlink Ethernet
 switch configuration API

From: Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:25:50 -0500

> On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 15:47 -0400, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
>> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:32:29 -0700
>> 
>> > 2013/10/22 Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>:
>> >> On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 11:23 -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> >>> This patch adds an Ethernet Switch generic netlink configuration API
>> >>> which allows for doing the required configuration of managed Ethernet
>> >>> switches commonly found in Wireless/Cable/DSL routers in the market.
>> >>
>> >> "swconfig" probably means "switch config", but is there any way to
>> >> rename this away from the "sw" prefix, since "sw" typically means
>> >> "software" and not "switch"?
>> > 
>> > Sure, how about something like "enetsw"? I would like to avoid using
>> > "switch" too much since this is a C reserved keyword.
>> 
>> "swtch"? :-)
> 
> haha...  seriously though, "enetsw" or even "esw" or "ensw" would be
> better than plain "sw".  Your choice, I have no horse in the race other
> than the "not sw" horse :)

"enetsw" is fine by me :-)
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