Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750784AbWAEQfu (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 11:35:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751148AbWAEQfu (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 11:35:50 -0500 Received: from ns1.coraid.com ([65.14.39.133]:54757 "EHLO coraid.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750784AbWAEQft (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 11:35:49 -0500 To: Coywolf Qi Hunt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg K-H Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.15-rc7] aoe [4/7]: use less confusing driver name References: <87hd8l2fb4.fsf@coraid.com> <871wzp10lm.fsf@coraid.com> <2cd57c900601032202y3de62e78m@mail.gmail.com> <87mziclztq.fsf@coraid.com> <2cd57c900601041650j6b3e7ea6u@mail.gmail.com> From: Ed L Cashin Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:35:29 -0500 In-Reply-To: <2cd57c900601041650j6b3e7ea6u@mail.gmail.com> (Coywolf Qi Hunt's message of "Thu, 5 Jan 2006 08:50:40 +0800") Message-ID: <87hd8i63am.fsf@coraid.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1429 Lines: 48 Coywolf Qi Hunt writes: [Ed writes] ... >> Coywolf Qi Hunt writes: ... >> > 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. > > But 2.4 and 2.6 driver never meet each other, right? Yes, after thinking it over more, I agree. Here's a new version of this patch. Signed-off-by: "Ed L. Cashin" 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 2006-01-05 11:30:14.000000000 -0500 +++ 2.6.15-rc7-aoe/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c 2006-01-05 11:30:15.000000000 -0500 @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ } printk(KERN_INFO - "aoe: aoe_init: AoE v2.6-%s initialised.\n", + "aoe: aoe_init: AoE v%s initialised.\n", VERSION); discover_timer(TINIT); return 0; -- Ed L Cashin - 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/