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Subject: Re: Devlinks.  Code.  (Dcache abuse?)
To: neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au (Neil Brown)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 11:14:53 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> I think you missed part of my point.
> There are lots of different name spaces in the kernel.
> Filesystem names.  Driver names.  Module names.
> 
> But the namespace that is the current issue, the namespace of
> currently available devices, is not a namespace where I would expect
> trademarks to ever come up.  It is name space of interfaces and
> instances.

You mean like adaptec/aic7xxx/0 for the first aic7xxx controller when you
want to refer to an adaptec card ? And yes - you do need the ability to do
that kind of thing, not just talk generically about "disks".

So I still seek an answer. "Shrug, probably wont happen" isnt a good one

Alan
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