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Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 13:17:25 +1200 From: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com> To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, sfr@...b.auug.org.au, davem@...emloft.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] resolve module name conflict for asix PHY and USB modules Thanks Andrew, makes perfect sense - patch resent. Cheers, Michael Am 18.05.2019 um 09:20 schrieb Andrew Lunn: > On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 08:25:15AM +1200, Michael Schmitz wrote: >> Haven't heard back in a while, so here goes: >> >> Commit 31dd83b96641 ("net-next: phy: new Asix Electronics PHY driver") >> introduced a new PHY driver drivers/net/phy/asix.c that causes a module >> name conflict with a pre-existiting driver (drivers/net/usb/asix.c). >> >> The PHY driver is used by the X-Surf 100 ethernet card driver, and loaded >> by that driver via its PHY ID. A rename of the driver looks unproblematic. >> >> Rename PHY driver to ax88796b.c in order to resolve name conflict. > > Hi Michael > > Please just use git mv and do it all one patch. It then makes it clear > you have not changed the driver, just renamed it. > > Thanks > Andrew >
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