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From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
To: vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua
Cc: Borsenkow Andrej <Andrej.Borsenkow@mow.siemens.ru>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KERN_INFO for devfs
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:48:21 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200201291748.g0THmLS23684@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200201291140.g0TBecE28017@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
In-Reply-To: <000701c1a8b1$2f493850$21c9ca95@mow.siemens.ru> <200201291140.g0TBecE28017@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>

Denis Vlasenko writes:
> > > Why do you think they _have to_ have "none"? Is it POSIXized or
> > > otherwise standardized? Where can I RTFM?
> >
> > I do not think they have to. They just are :-)
> >
> > fs/namespace.c:show_vfsmnt()
> >
> > ...
> > mangle(m, mnt->mnt_devname ? mnt->mnt_devname : "none");
> >
> >
> > I find this convention quite useful. It allows any program to easily
> > skip virtual filesystems. Using something like /dev or devfs in this
> > case does not add any bit of useful information but possibly adds to
> > confusion.
> 
> Maybe you're right. It's up to maintainer to decide.
> Richard, do you need updated patch without "none" -> "devfs"?

Don't bother. I've gone through the code and done it myself, making
some other minor changes as I go along.

				Regards,

					Richard....
Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
Current:   rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-01-29 17:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-01-29  7:27 Borsenkow Andrej
2002-01-29 13:40 ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-01-29 10:39   ` Borsenkow Andrej
2002-01-29 15:40     ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-01-29 17:48     ` Richard Gooch [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-01-28 11:50 Denis Vlasenko
2002-01-28 16:44 ` Richard Gooch
2002-01-29  1:20   ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-01-29 16:49     ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-30 13:03       ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-01-30 11:09         ` David Weinehall
2002-01-30 16:32           ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-01-30 12:34             ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-01-30 15:16             ` Alan Cox
2002-01-30 18:04             ` Richard Gooch
2002-01-30 18:20               ` Richard Gooch
2002-01-30 18:32               ` Alan Cox
2002-01-30 19:37               ` Jeff Garzik
2002-01-31 20:44               ` Horst von Brand

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