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From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
To: Kevin Corry <kevcorry@us.ibm.com>
Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@zip.com.au, thornber@sistina.com,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] DM 1/6: Use new format_dev_t macro
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:29:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030922192909.GG7665@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200309221051.27714.kevcorry@us.ibm.com>

On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 10:51:27AM -0500, Kevin Corry wrote:
> Use the format_dev_t function for target status functions.

[instead of bdevname, that is]

It's wrong.  Simply because "sdb3" is immediately parsed by admin and
08:13 is nowhere near that convenient.  These are error messages, let's
keep them readable.

  reply	other threads:[~2003-09-22 19:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-22 15:44 2.6.0-test5-mm2 Device Mapper Patches Kevin Corry
2003-09-22 15:51 ` [PATCH] DM 1/6: Use new format_dev_t macro Kevin Corry
2003-09-22 19:29   ` viro [this message]
2003-09-23  7:57     ` Joe Thornber
2003-09-23  7:57       ` viro
2003-09-23 14:07         ` Kevin Corry
2003-09-22 15:51 ` [PATCH] DM 2/6: Drop extra table ref-count Kevin Corry
2003-09-22 15:52 ` [PATCH] DM 3/6: Move retrieve_status function Kevin Corry
2003-09-22 15:52 ` [PATCH] DM 4/6: Return table status for dev_wait Kevin Corry
2003-09-22 15:52 ` [PATCH] DM 5/6: Message fix in dm-linear Kevin Corry
2003-09-22 15:53 ` [PATCH] DM 6/6: Support arbitrary number of target params Kevin Corry

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