netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] ixgbe: sparc: rename the ARCH_WANT_RELAX_ORDER to IXGBE_ALLOW_RELAXED

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Message-Id: <20170401.112603.1991545644693496714.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sat, 01 Apr 2017 11:26:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dingtianhong@...wei.com
Cc:     catalin.marinas@....com, will.deacon@....com, mark.rutland@....com,
        robin.murphy@....com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
        alexander.duyck@...il.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] ixgbe: sparc: rename the
 ARCH_WANT_RELAX_ORDER to IXGBE_ALLOW_RELAXED_ORDER

From: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 15:25:51 +0800

> Till now only the Intel ixgbe could support enable
> Relaxed ordering in the drivers for special architecture,
> but the ARCH_WANT_RELAX_ORDER is looks like a general name
> for all arch, so rename to a specific name for intel
> card looks more appropriate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>

This is not a driver specific facility.

Any driver can test this symbol and act accordingly.

Just because IXGBE is the first and only user, doesn't mean
the facility is driver specific.

Thank you.