Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:57:36 +0100
From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
To: Joe Thornber <ethornber@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: Kevin Corry <kevcorry@us.ibm.com>, 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
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 08:57:07AM +0100, Joe Thornber wrote:
> 
> On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 08:29 PM, 
> viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
> 
> >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.
> >
> >
> 
> No they are not just error messages, userland tools use them.

In which case the change in question would break said userland tools, wouldn't
it?
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