netdev - Re: [PATCH] RDS is not Radio Data System

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Message-ID: <fe3aa742-581c-0acc-be47-23bb00614138@oracle.com>
Date:   Sun, 5 Aug 2018 20:41:52 -0700
From:   "santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com" <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     ka-cheong.poon@...cle.com,
        kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Netdev list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDS is not Radio Data System

On 8/4/18 11:59 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Getting prompt "The RDS Protocol" (RDS) is not too helpful, and it is
> easily confused with Radio Data System (which we may want to support
> in kernel, too).
>
Fair enough. Prompt change is fine Pavel.

> I wonder if option should be named NET_RDS, instead?
> 
> And this sounds like a good idea:
> 
> (Plus, we normally have "module will be called foobar" and if unsure
> say X. What happened to those?)
>
Module name is there for a while so please use different one if you
have a conflict with it.

> diff --git a/net/rds/Kconfig b/net/rds/Kconfig
> index 41f7556..2738f14 100644
> --- a/net/rds/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/rds/Kconfig
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>   
>   config RDS
> -	tristate "The RDS Protocol"
> +	tristate "The Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) Protocol"
>   	depends on INET
>   	---help---
>   	  The RDS (Reliable Datagram Sockets) protocol provides reliable,
> 
Please git format this patch with your SOB and send it to netdev.
Feel free to add my ack with it.

Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>