Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:57:36 +0100 | From | viro@parcelfa ... | Subject | Re: [PATCH] DM 1/6: Use new format_dev_t macro |
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 08:57:07AM +0100, Joe Thornber wrote: > > On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 08:29 PM, > viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > > >On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 10:51:27AM -0500, Kevin Corry wrote: > >>Use the format_dev_t function for target status functions. > > > >[instead of bdevname, that is] > > > >It's wrong. Simply because "sdb3" is immediately parsed by admin and > >08:13 is nowhere near that convenient. These are error messages, let's > >keep them readable. > > > > > > No they are not just error messages, userland tools use them.
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