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Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 net-next] net: mana: Add a driver for Microsoft Azure
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Thread-Topic: [PATCH v3 net-next] net: mana: Add a driver for Microsoft Azure
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> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
> Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2021 5:30 PM
> To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> ...
> > Linux kernel doesn't do namespaces in the code, so every new driver nee=
ds
> > to worry about global symbols clashing
>=20
> This driver is called mana, yet the code uses ana. It would be good to
> resolve this inconsistency as well. Ideally, you want to prefix
> everything with ana_ or mana_, depending on what you choose, so we
> have a clean namespace.
>=20
> 	   Andrew

Thanks for the suggestion! Let me think about this and work out a solution.