Re: [PATCH v5 01/13] net: ethernet: aquantia: Make and configuration files.
From: David VomLehn <hidden>
Date: 2017-01-14 19:06:01
On 01/14/2017 10:48 AM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
On 01/14/2017 10:42 AM, David VomLehn wrote:quoted
Yes, we did have it that way at one point. But...there is also the kernel philosophy of not putting in something for future expansion; you can always do it later... Honestly, I've vacillated on this particular one.(please don't top post). There are several threads at the moment talking about renaming driver directory (synopsys/stmmac, mlx5), doing it later is certainly a possibility but is really frowned upon, since it will later on make the life of people backporting -stable changes a lot harder.
About that top-posting...I agree, but Microsoft has the entire planet doing it the other way. They find bottom posting confusing and often can't even figure out that you replied. One more reason I've hated Microsoft since 1976. So, I suspect I'm not the only one who occasionally slips up. My apologies.
Even if there is just one driver at the moment, I would go with a dedicated directory for it, there are enough object files that justify this choice IMHO.
Good argument. -- David VL