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SubjectRe: [RFC net-next 1/3] net: marvell: prestera: Add Switchdev driver for Prestera family ASIC device 98DX325x (AC3x)
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On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 10:43:57PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > Please be consistent. Make your prefixes, name, filenames the same.
> > > For example:
> > > prestera_driver_kind[] = "prestera";
> > >
> > > Applied to the whole code.
> > >
> > So you suggested to use prestera_ as a prefix, I dont see a problem
> > with that, but why not mvsw_pr_ ? So it has the vendor, device name parts
> > together as a key. Also it is necessary to apply prefix for the static
> > names ?
>
> Although static names don't cause linker issues, you do still see them
> in opps stack traces, etc. It just helps track down where the symbols
> come from, if they all have a prefix.
>
> Andrew

Sure, thanks, makes sense. But is it necessary that prefix should match
filenames too ? Would it be OK to use just 'mvpr_' instead of 'prestera_'
for funcs & types in this particular case ?

Regards,
Vadym Kochan

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