Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:11:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:11:12 -0400 Received: from phoenix.mvhi.com ([195.224.96.167]:43268 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:11:11 -0400 Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 18:14:45 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Marcelo Tosatti , lkml Subject: Re: [PATCH] 14/18 support for partition labels in devfs Message-ID: <20020805181445.C16035@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Arnd Bergmann , Marcelo Tosatti , lkml References: <200208051830.50713.arndb@de.ibm.com> <200208051950.10785.arndb@de.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200208051950.10785.arndb@de.ibm.com>; from arndb@de.ibm.com on Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 07:50:10PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 715 Lines: 14 On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 07:50:10PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > This patch adds a new feature to the partition code. It will automatically > generate links in the device filesystem from the label name of a dasd to > the device node. This is only needed if the device filesystem is used. Sorry, a s390-only /dev/labels/ is not acceptable. There are more than enough storage devices that can support labels. And even a generic implementation should go into 2.5 first. - 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/