Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265285AbUFAX3w (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:29:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265283AbUFAX3w (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:29:52 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:20187 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265285AbUFAX3v (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:29:51 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 16:32:34 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Paul Clements Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] nbd: fix device names Message-Id: <20040601163234.029af1b6.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <40BC8C49.4020602@steeleye.com> References: <4034FDD0.33BC57AF@SteelEye.com> <40BC8C49.4020602@steeleye.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.7 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 540 Lines: 12 Paul Clements 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. I think it's too late to change it. - 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/