netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] docs: networking: document NAPI

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Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:48:40 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com,
        corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] docs: networking: document NAPI

On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:02:21 -0700
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:16:39 -0700 Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > Did it not stand for New API?  
> 
> I think it did. But we had extra 20 years of software development
> experience and now agree that naming things "new" or "next" is
> a bad idea? So let's pretend it stands for nothing. Or NAPI API ;)


Maybe just a footnote like:
  [1] Was originally referred to as New API in 2.4 Linux.