Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756944AbYFLBKZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:10:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755339AbYFLBKK (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:10:10 -0400 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:56126 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754928AbYFLBKI (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:10:08 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,627,1204531200"; d="scan'208";a="393904123" Subject: Re: [Fedora-ia64-list] Kernel directory change From: "Zhang, Yanmin" To: ia64 Fedora Core Development , dchapman@redhat.com Cc: Development discussions related to Fedora , yi.zhan@intel.com, LKML In-Reply-To: <1213189422.3673.2.camel@centrino> References: <1213145883.3054.8.camel@ymzhang> <1213189422.3673.2.camel@centrino> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:04:06 +0800 Message-Id: <1213232646.3054.16.camel@ymzhang> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.21.5 (2.21.5-2.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1387 Lines: 34 On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 09:03 -0400, Doug Chapman wrote: > On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 08:58 +0800, Zhang, Yanmin wrote: > > Yi, > > > > I installed FC9 Beta ia64 on my Montvale machine and found the kernel > > directory is changed. The old directory is /boot/efi/efi/redhat, but the > > new one is /boot/efi/EFI/redhat. Is there any special reason to do so? > > > > A couple of test suites assumes /boot/efi/efi/redhat. > > > > -yanmin > > > > This changed a while back. What it appears happened was that the vfat > filesystem for some reason now understands upper/lower case. In > actuality it was always /boot/efi/EFI but the linux implementation of > vfat shifted the directory name to lower case. > > Note that under the EFI shell it was always an upper case EFI as that is > what is actually on the filesystem. I would suggest modifying your test > to handle either case. That's not a good idea. Although it's caused by vfat improvements, I would suggest to keep the old interface. Long long ago, there was a long discussion about interface change on LKML. It's a bad idea to change interfaces or API when they become de facto. -- 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/