netdev - Re: [PATCH net v3] net: phy: rename Asix Electronics PHY driver

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Date:   Sun, 09 Jun 2019 13:24:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     schmitzmic@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel-org,
        anders.roxell@...aro.org, andrew@...n.ch, sfr@...b.auug.org.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3] net: phy: rename Asix Electronics PHY driver

From: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>
Date: Fri,  7 Jun 2019 17:37:34 +1200

> [Resent to net instead of net-next - may clash with Anders Roxell's patch
> series addressing duplicate module names]
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>
> Tested-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>
> Fixes: 31dd83b96641 ("net-next: phy: new Asix Electronics PHY driver")
> ---
> 
> Changes from v1:
> 
> - merge into single commit (suggested by Andrew Lunn)
> 
> Changes from v2:
> 
> - use rename flag for diff (suggested by Andrew Lunn)

Applied, thanks.