On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 03:42:22PM +0000, Ioana Ciornei wrote: > > Subject: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/3] Restructure drivers/net/phy > > > > RFC Because it needs 0-day build testing > > > > The directory drivers/net/phy is getting rather cluttered with the growing > > number of MDIO bus drivers and PHY device drivers. We also have one PCS > > driver and more are expected soon. > > > > Restructure the directory, moving MDIO bus drivers into /mdio. PHY drivers > > into > > /phy. The one current PCS driver is moved into /pcs and renamed to give it > > the > > pcs- prefix which we hope will be followed by other PCS drivers. > > > > Other than that, the new 'drivers/net/phy/phy/' path is somewhat repetitive > but > unfortunately I do not have another better suggestion.
There aren't many suitable names. The options I can think of are: drivers (but is still repetitive, or drv for a shortened version) media (since they're driving media facing PHYs) phy (as already suggested by Andrew) Nothing really stands out as a good choice. -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTP is here! 40Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!
