Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261484AbTIVT3Q (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:29:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261808AbTIVT3Q (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:29:16 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:15252 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261484AbTIVT3P (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:29:15 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:29:10 +0100 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: Kevin Corry Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@zip.com.au, thornber@sistina.com, LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH] DM 1/6: Use new format_dev_t macro Message-ID: <20030922192909.GG7665@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <200309221044.21694.kevcorry@us.ibm.com> <200309221051.27714.kevcorry@us.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309221051.27714.kevcorry@us.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 561 Lines: 13 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/