[PATCH net-next 1/4] ixgbe: sparc: rename the ARCH_WANT_RELAX_ORDER to IXGBE_ALLOW_RELAXED_ORDER

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Sat Apr 1 11:26:03 PDT 2017


From: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong at huawei.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 15:25:51 +0800

> Till now only the Intel ixgbe could support enable
> Relaxed ordering in the drivers for special architecture,
> but the ARCH_WANT_RELAX_ORDER is looks like a general name
> for all arch, so rename to a specific name for intel
> card looks more appropriate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong at huawei.com>

This is not a driver specific facility.

Any driver can test this symbol and act accordingly.

Just because IXGBE is the first and only user, doesn't mean
the facility is driver specific.

Thank you.



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