Re: [PATCH 2.6.15-rc7] aoe [4/7]: use less confusing driver name

[Ed L Cashin]

Coywolf Qi Hunt <coywolf@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

[Ed writes]
...
>> Coywolf Qi Hunt <coywolf@xxxxxxxxx> 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" <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx>

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;




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  Ed L Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx>

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