netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mscc: ocelot: fix duplicate driver name error

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Date:   Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:54:04 -0800
From:   Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mscc: ocelot: fix duplicate driver name
 error

On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 02:38:45AM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> When compiling a kernel which has both CONFIG_NET_DSA_MSCC_OCELOT_EXT
> and CONFIG_MSCC_OCELOT_SWITCH enabled, the following error message will
> be printed:
> 
> [    5.266588] Error: Driver 'ocelot-switch' is already registered, aborting...
> 
> Rename the ocelot_ext.c driver to "ocelot-ext-switch" to avoid the name
> duplication, and update the mfd_cell entry for its resources.
> 
> Fixes: 3d7316ac81ac ("net: dsa: ocelot: add external ocelot switch control")
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

Yes, I notice that as well now.

Thanks for the fix! I know my original patch set messed up Lee's tree
(apologies again) but if this goes through net-next I don't think there
should be any issues.

Acked-by: Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>