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From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] docs: networking: document NAPI
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On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:48:40 -0700 Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:16:39 -0700 Florian Fainelli wrote: =20
> > > Did it not stand for New API?   =20
> >=20
> > I think it did. But we had extra 20 years of software development
> > experience and now agree that naming things "new" or "next" is
> > a bad idea? So let's pretend it stands for nothing. Or NAPI API ;) =20
>=20
>=20
> Maybe just a footnote like:
>   [1] Was originally referred to as New API in 2.4 Linux.

=F0=9F=91=8C=EF=B8=8F let me find out how to make a footnote in sphinx