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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.4] forcedeth
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

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