netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 00/26] switchdev: spring cleanup

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Date:	Thu, 2 Apr 2015 08:06:11 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
Cc:	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	"Samudrala, Sridhar" <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>,
	"Arad, Ronen" <ronen.arad@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 00/26] switchdev: spring cleanup

Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 08:02:48PM CEST, sfeldma@...il.com wrote:
>On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 4:40 AM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>> Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 12:07:36PM CEST, sfeldma@...il.com wrote:
>>>From: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
>>>
>>>v2:
>>>
>>>Address review comments:
>>>
>>> - [Jiri] squash a few related patches
>>> - [Roopa] don't remove NETIF_F_HW_SWITCH_OFFLOAD
>>> - [Roopa] address VLAN setlink/dellink
>>> - [Ronen] print warning is attr set revert fails
>>>
>>>Not address:
>>>
>>> - Using something other than "swdev_" prefix
>>
>> I do not understand why this was not addresses. Can you please provide some
>> justification?
>
>1) It was 3AM in the morning, and I didn't want to fight a rename that
>touched 26 patches in the set.
>
>2) I like "swdev_" prefix because it's short and sweet and I don't
>like long-winded symbols when a shorter one will do, so I had little
>motivation for 1)
>
>3) This is one of those labeling exercises where we can't get
>consensus on the name.  So I'm ignoring to get the important stuff in,
>and someone else can sponsor a name change.

So just please avoid the name channge for now. Thanks.
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