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* Re: myri10ge: rename main file into myri10ge_main.c
@ 2008-10-08 23:21 David Miller
  2008-10-09 11:54 ` Brice Goglin
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2008-10-08 23:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: brice; +Cc: netdev


I'm not applying this patch nor the one that does the
actual split up.

Single file drivers are so much easier to maintain and
hack on, multi-file drivers are heavily discouraged.

If I want to change some structure member in a multi-file
driver I have go over seperate files instead of doing a
single search and replace operation in a single editing
buffer.

Drivers like e1000, cxgb3 (especially cxgb3!) are such a pain
in the ass to study and make changes to for this reason.  Please
don't add myri10ge to this group.


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* Re: myri10ge: rename main file into myri10ge_main.c
  2008-10-08 23:21 myri10ge: rename main file into myri10ge_main.c David Miller
@ 2008-10-09 11:54 ` Brice Goglin
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Brice Goglin @ 2008-10-09 11:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Miller; +Cc: netdev

David Miller wrote:
> I'm not applying this patch nor the one that does the
> actual split up.
>
> Single file drivers are so much easier to maintain and
> hack on, multi-file drivers are heavily discouraged.
>
> If I want to change some structure member in a multi-file
> driver I have go over seperate files instead of doing a
> single search and replace operation in a single editing
> buffer.
>
> Drivers like e1000, cxgb3 (especially cxgb3!) are such a pain
> in the ass to study and make changes to for this reason.  Please
> don't add myri10ge to this group.
>   


Oh, I wrongly thought people liked small pieces since most new drivers
come in multiple files these days.
So yeah, we're not splitting anymore :)

Brice


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