RE: [PATCH 1/1] Staging: hv: Move the mouse driver out of staging

[Jiri Kosina]

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011, KY Srinivasan wrote:

> > > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_HID_WACOM)		+= hid-wacom.o
> > > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_HID_WALTOP)	+= hid-waltop.o
> > > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_HID_WIIMOTE)	+= hid-wiimote.o
> > > > > +obj-$(CONFIG_HYPERV_MOUSE)	+= hv_mouse.o
> > > >
> > > > I'd prefer a bit to follow the current naming of the drivers in
> > > > drivers/hid directory ... all the device-specific (vendor-specific)
> > > > drivers currently are called hid-<vendor> or similar.
> > > >
> > > > We could talk about changing this naming scheme, but before we reach any
> > > > conclusion on this, I'd prefer this to stay for all drivers if possible.
> > >
> > > Do you want the driver module to conform to the naming scheme you have?
> > > Greg, in the past has resisted changing driver names, but I have no objection
> > > to conforming to the naming convention you have.
> > 
> > I recommend following the proper naming scheme.  As this driver is
> > auto-loaded when the virtual hardware is seen, the name really doesn't
> > matter at all.
> > 
> > So, how about 'hid-hyperv' or 'hid-hv'?
> 
> I will go with hid-hv  if there are no objections.

OK by me, thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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