Re: [PATCH 06/11] net: ethernet: mtk-eth-mac: new driver

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On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 12:50:15PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> czw., 7 maj 2020 o 11:46 Mark-MC.Lee <Mark-MC.Lee@xxxxxxxxxxxx> napisał(a):
> >
> > Hi Bartosz:
> >  I think the naming of this driver and its Kconfig option is too generic
> > that will confuse with current mediatek SoCs eth driver architecture(for
> > all mt7xxx SoCs).
> >   Since mtk_eth_mac.c is not a common MAC part for all mediatek SoC but
> > only a specific eth driver for mt85xx, it will be more reasonable to
> > name it as mt85xx_eth.c and change NET_MEDIATEK_MAC to
> > NET_MEDIATEK_MT85XX. How do you think?
> >
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> I actually consulted this with MediaTek and the name is their idea.
> Many drivers in drivers/net/ethernet have very vague names. I guess
> this isn't a problem.

They have vague names, but they tend to be not confusing.

NET_MEDIATEK_MAC vs NET_MEDIATEK_SOC is confusing.

I think the proposed name, mt85xx_eth.c and NET_MEDIATEK_MT85XX is
good. Or some variant on this, mt8xxx?

    Andrew



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