RE: [PATCH v3 net-next] net: mana: Add a driver for Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA)

From: Dexuan Cui
Date: Thu Apr 08 2021 - 20:54:54 EST


> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2021 5:30 PM
> To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ...
> > Linux kernel doesn't do namespaces in the code, so every new driver needs
> > to worry about global symbols clashing
>
> This driver is called mana, yet the code uses ana. It would be good to
> resolve this inconsistency as well. Ideally, you want to prefix
> everything with ana_ or mana_, depending on what you choose, so we
> have a clean namespace.
>
> Andrew

Thanks for the suggestion! Let me think about this and work out a solution.