RE: [PATCH net-next v9 03/11] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Move oa_tc6.c to its own directory

[Selvamani Rajagopal]

Thanks Andrew. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2026 12:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v9 03/11] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Move oa_tc6.c to its own
> directory
> 
> 
> > My question is, should I change the module name back to the original oa_tc6.ko (from
> > oa_tc6_mod.ko that is used in this patch series). If I choose to do that, original file
> name oa_tc6.c
> > would have to change to oa_tc6_core.c or something like that.
> 
> I don't think we consider module names ABI.
> 
> However, some distros, especially in the embedded space such as yocto,
> do make use of the module name, it produces a binary RPM named from
> the module name. So if a rename can be avoided, that would be great.


Sure. Will restore the module to its original name.

> 
> Git is pretty good at following renames, so renaming oa_tc6.c to
> oa_tc6_core.c in order to keep the module name the same should not
> cause problems.
> 
> Andrew