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On 10/19/22 16:13, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 04:26:11PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>> I think this patch requires a techboard vote
>> as it is dropping some user-facing naming.
>>
> I think a better solution is to centralize the use of aliases. I've just
> posted a patch to this thread to add the aliasing for net drivers to the
> vdev bus driver. While it does imply a certain amount of abstraction
> "leakage", it does make the use of aliases consistent and saves it being
> spread across multiple driver files.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> /Bruce

Removal is declined by techboard. So, I'm marking the patch as
Rejected.

However, moving allies to common code, as suggested by Bruce,
should be considered.