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Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 20:41:59 -0000
From: Alex Bligh - linux-kernel <linux-kernel@alex.org.uk>
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
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        Alex Bligh - linux-kernel <linux-kernel@alex.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Devlinks.  Code.  (Dcache abuse?)
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--On Monday, 19 November, 2001 11:14 AM +0000 Alan Cox 
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> 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".

Which trademark law are you violating by having that in a directory
name path, which you are not also violating by having it in the
kernel source, make config, name of the module and its printk()
on load, etc. etc.

--
Alex Bligh
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