From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "tgraf@suug.ch" Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3 07/17] rocker: introduce rocker switch driver Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:57:54 +0000 Message-ID: <20141125215754.GC3912@casper.infradead.org> References: <1416911328-10979-1-git-send-email-jiri@resnulli.us> <1416911328-10979-8-git-send-email-jiri@resnulli.us> <063D6719AE5E284EB5DD2968C1650D6D1C9FB50A@AcuExch.aculab.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Laight , Jiri Pirko , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "davem@davemloft.net" , "nhorman@tuxdriver.com" , "andy@greyhouse.net" , "dborkman@redhat.com" , "ogerlitz@mellanox.com" , "jesse@nicira.com" , "pshelar@nicira.com" , "azhou@nicira.com" , "ben@decadent.org.uk" , "stephen@networkplumber.org" , "jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com" , "vyasevic@redhat.com" , "xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com" , "john.r.fastabend@intel.com" , "edumazet@google.com" , "jhs@mojatatu.com" Return-path: Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:56601 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750876AbaKYV54 (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:57:56 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 11/25/14 at 09:19am, Scott Feldman wrote: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 6:13 AM, David Laight wrote: > > From: Jiri Pirko > >> > >> This patch introduces the first driver to benefit from the switchdev > >> infrastructure and to implement newly introduced switch ndos. This is a > >> driver for emulated switch chip implemented in qemu: > >> https://github.com/sfeldma/qemu-rocker/ > > > > If this driver caller 'rocker' just to get the (bad) pun 'rocker switch'? > > IMHO A more descriptive name would be a lot better. > > Sorry, it's the best we could do since qla3xxx and mlx4 and fm10k were > already taken. Given the amount of momentum rocker has created in the cause of driving this API forward, I find the name quite appropriate.