From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: NetXen driver name Date: 08 Feb 2007 19:15:09 +0100 Message-ID: References: <200702082152.19772.amitkale@netxen.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Amit Kale Return-path: Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:48421 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965731AbXBHRO5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Feb 2007 12:14:57 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200702082152.19772.amitkale@netxen.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Amit Kale writes: > Hi, > > NetXen ethernet driver present in 2.6.20 has name "netxen_nic". The product > itself is refered to as "nx_nic". To make it inline with the product, would > it be a good idea to change the name of the driver to "nx_nic"? When it's already in a released kernel it's a little late to rename the module. You would cause upgrade pain to users who have hardcoded the module name. -Andi