From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268219AbUH3Sww (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:52:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268964AbUH3S1Z (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:27:25 -0400 Received: from mail.zmailer.org ([62.78.96.67]:26584 "EHLO mail.zmailer.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268856AbUH3SSZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:18:25 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:18:21 +0300 From: Matti Aarnio To: Joel Jaeggli Cc: Matti Aarnio , James Colannino , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: submitting kernel patch for 3w-9xxx in 2.4 Message-ID: <20040830181821.GQ19844@mea-ext.zmailer.org> References: <413217A3.4020906@colannino.org> <20040829182333.GP19844@mea-ext.zmailer.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 02:35:47PM -0700, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > On Sun, 29 Aug 2004, Matti Aarnio wrote: > >On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 10:51:31AM -0700, James Colannino wrote: > >>Everyone, > >> > >>I've created a kernel patch for 2.4.27 that adds the newer 3w-9xxx 3Ware > >>driver (for the 3Ware 9000 series of controllers). If anyone here is > >>interested, I can patch the latest pre-release for 2.4.28 and submit it > >>to the list. Just let me know. > >> > >>http://james.colannino.org/downloads/patches/3w-9xxx-2.4.27.diff > > > >May I suggest you don't use triple-x in its name. > >Such causes indigestion by several spam filters that people have > >deployed... (The aic7xxx as prime example.) > > got another identifier that would indicate a presence of a variable that > won't have some other meaning to a filesystem or user? #### ???? * No idea about that, but every time somebody reports problems with the AIC7XXX driver with either in all uppercase, or lowercase name in message subject, a dozen or so linux-kernel recipient systems do react adversely with something like "keep your spam". For number wildcarding, "N" is usable in some cases. e.g. 3w-9nnn I do urge you to consider rewriting configuration options, and file names so that triple-x doesn't appear in them. Both for 2.4 and 2.6 kernels, as well. > >>James > > > >/Matti Aarnio /Matti Aarnio