On 01/10/2017 06:52 AM, Joao Pinto wrote: > This patch renames stmicro/stmmac to synopsys/ since it is a standard > ethernet software package regarding synopsys ethernet controllers, supporting > the majority of Synopsys Ethernet IPs. The config IDs remain the same, for > retro-compatibility, only the description was changed.
Do re really have to do this? ST Micro were the first to upstream support for a Synopsys IP, and it was later on identified as being "stmicro" instead of "synopsys" (during the big driver move under drivers/net/ethernet) whichever came first in the driver essentially "wins". As mentioned before, although git is able to track renames, git log does not automatically have --follow, so it can be hard for people to track down the (new) history of the driver. Personally, I don't see much value in doing this rename, especially when all the driver internal structures are still going to be named with stmmac (and please don't even think about doing a s/stmmac/snps/ inside the driver ;)). My 2 cents. -- Florian
