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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2021 00:54:46 +0000 From: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com> To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org> CC: "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>, "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>, KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>, Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>, Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>, "wei.liu@...nel.org" <wei.liu@...nel.org>, Wei Liu <liuwe@...rosoft.com>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "leon@...nel.org" <leon@...nel.org>, "bernd@...rovitsch.priv.at" <bernd@...rovitsch.priv.at>, "rdunlap@...radead.org" <rdunlap@...radead.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org> Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 net-next] net: mana: Add a driver for Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) > From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> > Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2021 5:30 PM > To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org> > ... > > Linux kernel doesn't do namespaces in the code, so every new driver needs > > to worry about global symbols clashing > > This driver is called mana, yet the code uses ana. It would be good to > resolve this inconsistency as well. Ideally, you want to prefix > everything with ana_ or mana_, depending on what you choose, so we > have a clean namespace. > > Andrew Thanks for the suggestion! Let me think about this and work out a solution.
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