netdev - Re: Synopsys Ethernet QoS

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Message-Id: <20161209.104152.1969880574279771010.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 09 Dec 2016 10:41:52 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com
Cc:     peppe.cavallaro@...com, lars.persson@...s.com,
        rabin.vincent@...s.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        andy.shevchenko@...il.com, CARLOS.PALMINHA@...opsys.com
Subject: Re: Synopsys Ethernet QoS

From: Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 15:36:38 +0000

> Of course, I started a general discussion about the subject and
> those were the conclusions, but I would like to know if you as the
> subsystem maintainer also support the approach or have any
> suggestion.

Generally, I support whatever the interested parties agree to.

But one thing I am against is changing the driver name for existing
users.  If an existing chip is supported by the stmmac driver for
existing users, they should still continue to use the "stmmac" driver.

Therefore, if consolidation changes the driver module name for
existing users, then that is not a good plan at all.