netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] stmmac: rename it to synopsys

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <6da8254b-11b2-aa0d-9640-ca73e30bcc0f@synopsys.com>
Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:04:45 +0000
From:   Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>
CC:     <alexandre.torgue@...com>, <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        <lars.persson@...s.com>, <niklass@...s.com>,
        <peppe.cavallaro@...com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] stmmac: rename it to synopsys

Às 3:45 PM de 1/12/2017, David Miller escreveu:
> From: Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>
> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:39:47 +0000
> 
>> In my understanding the advantage is to prepare the future.
> 
> If the driver is named foo or bar, yet in both cases loads and
> properly attaches to the user's device, the user does not care.

Of course. Although my car works I like to open the hood a see it clean and
organized. Gives the user more confidence.

> 
> Therefore, there is no bonafide benefit to the user.
> 
> You aren't getting past that point.
> 
> You also are not addressing the pain this will cause for long
> term maintainence of this driver.

I am aware. I can co-maintain it if current maintainers wish it, no problem with
that. My activity at Synopsys in mainline contribution, so it is part of my job.

> 
> I'm the one who does all of the backporting of stmmac bug fixes to
> -stable, so I for one care a lot about this.
> 
> You are making more work for me and lots of other people by renaming
> this driver and I don't think you are considering that at all.
> 

I understand, it is a lot of work. I volunteer to help.

Joao