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From: Scott Anderson <scott_anderson@mvista.com>
To: "Hicks, Jamey" <Jamey.Hicks@hp.com>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: cmdline.c file name collision
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 11:31:43 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DD2A89F.BE82BB11@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: D99C1FB421989A40818B6370E3187094040A3AB6@tayexc19.americas.cpqcorp.net

"Hicks, Jamey" wrote:
> hmm.  My first thought was to rename drivers/mtd/cmdline.c to 
> drivers/mtd/mtdcmdline.c or drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.

That sounds reasonable.  Does someone that has direct access to the CVS
repository want to move the files around in the repository (so we don't
lose history) or should I just submit a patch that removes the file and
adds the file back with a different name?

> Actually, that was my second thought.  My first thought was to wonder
> why CONFIG_MODVERSIONS flattens the kernel source file namespace.
> I just turned on CONFIG_MODVERSIONS to build an ipaq kernel, and I find
> I also have a name conflict on arch/arm/mach-sa1100/pm.c and kernel/pm.c.

I've been told third hand or so that it is a "known limitation" in 2.4.
I just looked in 2.5, and this limitation has been eliminated (there is
a hierarchy of files under include/linux/modules that parallels the
source hierarchy).

With that new found information, I guess a new question comes up: does
working around the 2.4 limitation warrant the rename when the limitation
is removed in 2.5?

    Scott Anderson
    scott_anderson@mvista.com   MontaVista Software Inc.
    (408)328-9214               1237 East Arques Ave.
    http://www.mvista.com       Sunnyvale, CA  94085

  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-13 19:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-13 15:25 cmdline.c file name collision Hicks, Jamey
2002-11-13 19:31 ` Scott Anderson [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-11-14 22:39 Hicks, Jamey
2002-11-15  9:56 ` Robert Kaiser
2002-11-15 10:34   ` Frank Neuber
2002-11-12 17:46 Scott Anderson

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