Re: [RFC PATCH] net: stmicro: eQOS IP Core

[David Miller]

From: Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:30:41 +0000

> Charade of renames? It is a bit strong, don't you agree?

Not at all.

> So you suggest to keep the driver called as dwmac4 when the IP is in fact eQOS?
> Where do you suggest to put the eQOS 5.x features?

Since you are adding the new code, you can name the functions that implement
eQOS 5.x support however you like.  You don't have to rename the dwmac4 code
in order to add support for new chip families.