From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joe Perches Subject: Re: [net 8/8] i40e: include i40e in kernel proper Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 08:31:49 -0700 Message-ID: <1378913509.4714.5.camel@joe-AO722> References: <1378893056-4821-1-git-send-email-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> <1378893056-4821-9-git-send-email-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> <1378902002.606.42.camel@joe-AO722> <1378909937.2026.8.camel@jtkirshe-mobl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: davem@davemloft.net, Jesse Brandeburg , netdev@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com, sassmann@redhat.com, Shannon Nelson , PJ Waskiewicz , e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To: Jeff Kirsher Return-path: Received: from smtprelay0046.hostedemail.com ([216.40.44.46]:51388 "EHLO smtprelay.hostedemail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754839Ab3IKPby (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:31:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1378909937.2026.8.camel@jtkirshe-mobl> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2013-09-11 at 07:32 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > On Wed, 2013-09-11 at 05:20 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Wed, 2013-09-11 at 02:50 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > > > New driver build option is CONFIG_I40E > > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX > > [] > > > +i40e.txt > > > + - README for the Intel Ethernet Controller XL710 Driver (i40e). > > > > Just curious but why the XL710 / i40e name mismatch? > > i40e stands for Intel 40 GbE Ethernet which is more generic than naming > the driver the same as the first part (XL710). That way when future > silicon is made, we are not stuck with a driver named after previous > silicon. >>From the intro and most of the rest of the patches: ---------------------------- This series implements the new i40e driver for Intel's upcoming Intel(R) Ethernet Controller XL710 Family of devices. ---------------------------- If the xl710 is a specific instance of the i40e family, I think this is incorrect.