netdev - Re: [patch net-next v3 07/17] rocker: introduce rocker switch driver

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Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:19:17 -1000
From:	Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
To:	David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3 07/17] rocker: introduce rocker switch driver

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 6:13 AM, David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com> wrote:
> From: Jiri Pirko
>>
>> This patch introduces the first driver to benefit from the switchdev
>> infrastructure and to implement newly introduced switch ndos. This is a
>> driver for emulated switch chip implemented in qemu:
>> https://github.com/sfeldma/qemu-rocker/
>
> If this driver caller 'rocker' just to get the (bad) pun 'rocker switch'?
> IMHO A more descriptive name would be a lot better.

Sorry, it's the best we could do since qla3xxx and mlx4 and fm10k were
already taken.
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