> -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:25 AM > To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Keller, Jacob E <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx>; David Ahern > <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx>; Nelson, Shannon <shannon.nelson@xxxxxxx>; Leon > Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski > <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Andy Gospodarek <andrew.gospodarek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; > Aron Silverton <aron.silverton@xxxxxxxxxx>; Williams, Dan J > <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>; Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>; Jiang, Dave > <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>; Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Itay Avraham > <itayavr@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jonathan Cameron > <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>; Leonid Bloch <lbloch@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux- > cxl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Saeed > Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxx>; Sinyuk, Konstantin > <konstantin.sinyuk@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/8] Introduce fwctl subystem > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 02:20:45PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > Yes, note, the issue came up in the 2.5.x kernel days, _WAY_ before we > > had git, so this wasn't a git issue. I'm all for "drivers/core/" but > > note, that really looks like "the driver core" area of the kernel, so > > maybe pick a different name? > > Yeah, +1. We have lots of places calling what is in drivers/base 'core'. > > Jason Core is quite often used like "the core of the kernel that is non-driver stuff", i.e. "the networking core", "the PTP core", etc. Naming things is indeed hard.
