Re: [PATCH] nbd: fix device names

Paul Clements
2004-06-02T03:08:16Z

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Paul Clements <paul.clements@steeleye.com> wrote:
>
>>It seems more appropriate to call the devices "nbX" rather than "nbdX",
>>since that's what the device nodes are actually named.
>
>
> This affects /proc/partitions, /proc/diskstats, and probably other things.

Network block devices don't actually show up in /proc/partitions, but
you have a valid point that the other uses would change. Although, I
think it's a change for the better.

> I think it's too late to change it.

Fair enough. I can live with this discrepancy, although I think nbd is
the only block device driver that has this problem. That's the only
reason I sent the patch along...just trying to make nbd consistent with
all the other device drivers.

Thanks,
Paul