From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4 net-next] net: phy: add Generic Netlink Ethernet switch configuration API Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:22:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20131022.172204.485588329844430729.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20131022.154722.1236352694540893148.davem@davemloft.net> <1382477150.19269.69.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: f.fainelli@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, s.hauer@pengutronix.de, nbd@openwrt.org, blogic@openwrt.org, jogo@openwrt.org, gary@mlbassoc.com To: dcbw@redhat.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:59839 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753748Ab3JVVWI (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:22:08 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1382477150.19269.69.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Dan Williams Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:25:50 -0500 > On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 15:47 -0400, David Miller wrote: >> From: Florian Fainelli >> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:32:29 -0700 >> >> > 2013/10/22 Dan Williams : >> >> On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 11:23 -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote: >> >>> This patch adds an Ethernet Switch generic netlink configuration API >> >>> which allows for doing the required configuration of managed Ethernet >> >>> switches commonly found in Wireless/Cable/DSL routers in the market. >> >> >> >> "swconfig" probably means "switch config", but is there any way to >> >> rename this away from the "sw" prefix, since "sw" typically means >> >> "software" and not "switch"? >> > >> > Sure, how about something like "enetsw"? I would like to avoid using >> > "switch" too much since this is a C reserved keyword. >> >> "swtch"? :-) > > haha... seriously though, "enetsw" or even "esw" or "ensw" would be > better than plain "sw". Your choice, I have no horse in the race other > than the "not sw" horse :) "enetsw" is fine by me :-)