Re: [PATCH 2.4] forcedeth

Jeff Garzik
2003-11-08T17:55:42Z

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 06:47:43AM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>
>>Attached is forcedeth: A new driver for the ethernet interface of the
>>NVIDIA nForce chipset, licensed under GPL.
>
>
> Any chance to give the driver a more descriptive name, say nforce_eth?
> Traditionally we tend to name like drivers after the hardware's name or
> codename, not the development methology used.

I agree with you on this -- but -- in this special case, it seems wise
to avoid using a potential trademark as a filename...

I would prefer to avoid the issue completely, rather have to chase down
some lawyers and get a definitive answer.

Jeff