netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next] gve: enhance driver name usage

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Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2023 03:00:47 +0000
From: "Guo, Junfeng" <junfeng.guo@...el.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "jeroendb@...gle.com"
	<jeroendb@...gle.com>, "pkaligineedi@...gle.com" <pkaligineedi@...gle.com>,
	"shailend@...gle.com" <shailend@...gle.com>, "Wang, Haiyue"
	<haiyue.wang@...el.com>, "awogbemila@...gle.com" <awogbemila@...gle.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>, "pabeni@...hat.com"
	<pabeni@...hat.com>, "yangchun@...gle.com" <yangchun@...gle.com>,
	"edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] gve: enhance driver name usage



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 8, 2023 07:20
> To: Guo, Junfeng <junfeng.guo@...el.com>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; jeroendb@...gle.com;
> pkaligineedi@...gle.com; shailend@...gle.com; Wang, Haiyue
> <haiyue.wang@...el.com>; awogbemila@...gle.com;
> davem@...emloft.net; pabeni@...hat.com; yangchun@...gle.com;
> edumazet@...gle.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] gve: enhance driver name usage
> 
> On Fri,  7 Jul 2023 10:44:05 +0800 Junfeng Guo wrote:
> > Current codebase contained the usage of two different names for this
> > driver (i.e., `gvnic` and `gve`), which is quite unfriendly for users
> > to use, especially when trying to bind or unbind the driver manually.
> > The corresponding kernel module is registered with the name of `gve`.
> > It's more reasonable to align the name of the driver with the module.
> 
> Please read the guidelines before posting patches:
> 
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html

Thanks for the advice! It's very helpful!

Regards