From: Ed L Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
To: Coywolf Qi Hunt <coywolf@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg K-H <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.15-rc7] aoe [4/7]: use less confusing driver name
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:31:29 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mziclztq.fsf@coraid.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2cd57c900601032202y3de62e78m@mail.gmail.com> (Coywolf Qi Hunt's message of "Wed, 4 Jan 2006 14:02:18 +0800")
Coywolf Qi Hunt <coywolf@gmail.com> writes:
> 2006/1/4, Ed L. Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>:
>> Signed-off-by: "Ed L. Cashin" <ecashin@coraid.com>
>>
>> Users were confused by the driver being called "aoe-2.6-$version".
>> This form looks less like a Linux kernel version number.
>>
>> Index: 2.6.15-rc7-aoe/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- 2.6.15-rc7-aoe.orig/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c 2006-01-02 13:35:13.000000000 -0500
>> +++ 2.6.15-rc7-aoe/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c 2006-01-02 13:35:14.000000000 -0500
>> @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
>> }
>>
>> printk(KERN_INFO
>> - "aoe: aoe_init: AoE v2.6-%s initialised.\n",
>> + "aoe: aoe_init: aoe6-%s initialised.\n",
>> VERSION);
>
> Better simply be `AoE v%s'?
That would be nice, but there's a driver for the 2.4 linux kernel that
has an independent version number, so the "6" distinguishes the 2.6
aoe driver from the 2.4 aoe driver.
--
Ed L Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-04 17:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-03 21:05 [PATCH 2.6.15-rc7] aoe [1/7]: zero packet data after skb allocation Ed L. Cashin
2006-01-03 21:07 ` [PATCH 2.6.15-rc7] aoe [2/7]: support dynamic resizing of AoE devices Ed L. Cashin
2006-01-03 21:07 ` [PATCH 2.6.15-rc7] aoe [3/7]: increase allowed outstanding packets Ed L. Cashin
2006-01-03 21:08 ` [PATCH 2.6.15-rc7] aoe [4/7]: use less confusing driver name Ed L. Cashin
2006-01-04 6:02 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-01-04 16:31 ` Ed L Cashin [this message]
2006-01-05 0:50 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-01-05 16:35 ` Ed L Cashin
2006-01-03 21:08 ` [PATCH 2.6.15-rc7] aoe [5/7]: allow network interface migration on packet retransmit Ed L. Cashin
2006-01-03 21:08 ` [PATCH 2.6.15-rc7] aoe [6/7]: update device information on last close Ed L. Cashin
2006-01-03 21:08 ` [PATCH 2.6.15-rc7] aoe [7/7]: update driver version number Ed L. Cashin
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