netdev - Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [RFC v2 2/6] batman-adv: Rename batman-adv.h to batadv

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Date:   Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:23:04 -0500
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To:     Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@...nmesh.com>
Cc:     b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [RFC v2 2/6] batman-adv: Rename batman-adv.h to batadv_genl.h

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Sven Eckelmann
<sven.eckelmann@...nmesh.com> wrote:
> On Freitag, 15. Dezember 2017 11:57:55 CET Willem de Bruijn wrote:
>> > No, this is also bad because batman_adv.h is MIT license and packet.h is
>> > GPL-2. So what other name would you suggest for packet.h? batman_adv_packet.h?
>>
>> Sure, that sounds great. Thanks.
>
> Really? Isn't include/uapi/linux/batman_adv_packet.h looking like an accident
> which never should have had happened?

My only point was that renaming and modifying existing uapi files
can break userspace compilation.

As long as the existing files are not changed, I don't have a strong
opinion on naming for new files.