From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sys_device_[un]register() are not syscalls
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:33:37 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040213203337.GA14048@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040213080753.12af00bd.rddunlap@osdl.org>
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:07:53AM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
>
>
> sys_xyz() names in Linux are all syscalls... except for
> sys_device_register() and sys_device_unregister().
>
> This patch renames them so that the sys_ namespace is once
> again used only by syscalls.
>
> Comments?
Ah, that makes sense. I'll add it to my patches to send off once 2.6.3
is out.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-13 20:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-13 16:07 [PATCH] sys_device_[un]register() are not syscalls Randy.Dunlap
2004-02-13 20:33 ` Greg KH [this message]
2004-02-19 21:49 ` Greg KH
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