Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 15 Aug 1999 16:21:43 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: New resources - pls, explain :-( |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > to rename it, but the only obvious name is "struct device" which has been > > stolen by network device drivers. > > > > The network drivers should really have "struct net_device", and maybe a > > nice awk-script will take care of it. > > Neat, easy and a complete nightmare for back compatibility and driver > maintenance. What is wrong with struct io_device ?
Why not clean up the namespace now? It's a simple #define in drivers, and I venture to guess that most people will not notice since they get their net drivers from kernel sources.
Jeff
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