On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 05:50:01PM +0200, Peter H?we wrote:

> I'm not 100% sure what's the usual procedure for module renames, especially 
> since this is visible in userspace.
> 
> For users the easiest way would be to rename tpm.c to tpm-core.c and
> leave the module name as it is.  In git that's just a simple rename
> operation.

I agree, keeping the old name seems much safer.

I'm thinking of following the pattern seen in RTC. Rename tpm.c to
tpm-interface.c and eventually migrate all the driver model support
items into tpm-class.c.

Does that seem good? I'll respin the patches and test modular rebuilds.

Jason
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