Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262127AbTKHUXk (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Nov 2003 15:23:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262128AbTKHUXk (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Nov 2003 15:23:40 -0500 Received: from pop.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:12254 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262127AbTKHUXj (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Nov 2003 15:23:39 -0500 X-Authenticated: #15936885 Message-ID: <3FAD50CA.3080507@gmx.net> Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 21:23:38 +0100 From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030821 X-Accept-Language: de, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Garzik CC: Christoph Hellwig , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Manfred Spraul , Andrew de Quincey Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.4] forcedeth References: <3FAC837F.2070601@gmx.net> <20031108085415.C18856@infradead.org> <3FAD2E04.3020800@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <3FAD2E04.3020800@pobox.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.76.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1183 Lines: 32 Jeff Garzik wrote: > 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. We (Manfred, Andrew and I) debated the name for quite a long time and forcedeth, forced and forceeth were the final candidates. forcedeth was not only a descriptive name, but also a clever pun. So it won the compo. Carl-Daniel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/