Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 08 Nov 2003 21:23:38 +0100 | From | Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.4] forcedeth |
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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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