Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/hyperv: Advertise hv_netvsc instead of netvsc as driver name

From: Olaf Hering <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:12:21 +0100

On Thu, Mar 08, Greg KH wrote:

> > hwinfo uses it to recognize a network interface (storage in case of
> > hv_storvsc).
> 
> That tool should report the real module name, not rely on the name to
> match based on the structure, if you really care about the real module
> name.

Its about the driver symlink, not the module name. 

I think most, if not all, (relevant) drivers use some sort of
KBUILD_MODNAME. Why should this driver be any different?

Olaf