netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/3] Restructure drivers/net/phy

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Message-ID: <20200728155520.GS1551@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:55:20 +0100
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/3] Restructure drivers/net/phy

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 03:42:22PM +0000, Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> > Subject: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/3] Restructure drivers/net/phy
> > 
> > RFC Because it needs 0-day build testing
> > 
> > The directory drivers/net/phy is getting rather cluttered with the growing
> > number of MDIO bus drivers and PHY device drivers. We also have one PCS
> > driver and more are expected soon.
> > 
> > Restructure the directory, moving MDIO bus drivers into /mdio.  PHY drivers into
> > /phy. The one current PCS driver is moved into /pcs and renamed to give it the
> > pcs- prefix which we hope will be followed by other PCS drivers.
> > 
> 
> Other than that, the new 'drivers/net/phy/phy/' path is somewhat repetitive but
> unfortunately I do not have another better suggestion.

There aren't many suitable names.  The options I can think of are:

drivers	(but is still repetitive, or drv for a shortened version)
media	(since they're driving media facing PHYs)
phy	(as already suggested by Andrew)

Nothing really stands out as a good choice.

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