netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] stmmac: Expose module parameters

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Message-ID: <20220817200549.392b5891@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:05:49 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     chris.chenfeiyang@...il.com
Cc:     peppe.cavallaro@...com, alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com,
        joabreu@...opsys.com, Feiyang Chen <chenfeiyang@...ngson.cn>,
        zhangqing@...ngson.cn, chenhuacai@...ngson.cn,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] stmmac: Expose module parameters

On Wed, 17 Aug 2022 15:29:18 +0800 chris.chenfeiyang@...il.com wrote:
> Expose module parameters so that we can use them in specific device
> configurations. Add the 'stmmac_' prefix for them to avoid conflicts.
> 
> Meanwhile, there was a 'buf_sz' local variable in stmmac_rx() with the
> same name as the global variable, and now we can distinguish them.

Can you provide more information on the 'why'?