netdev - Re: [RFC v8 net-next 08/16] mfd: ocelot: add support for the vsc7512 chip via spi

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Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:50:31 +0000
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
CC:     Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@....com>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>,
        Steen Hegelund <Steen.Hegelund@...rochip.com>,
        Lars Povlsen <lars.povlsen@...rochip.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com" <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC v8 net-next 08/16] mfd: ocelot: add support for the vsc7512
 chip via spi

Hi Andy,

On Mon, May 09, 2022 at 11:02:42AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ocelot_chip_reset);
> 
> Please, switch to the namespace (_NS) variant of the exported-imported
> symbols for these drivers.

This was recently brought to my attention by Colin. Could you please
explain what are the benefits of using symbol namespaces in this case?