From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: dev_set_name (Was: linux-next: rr/driver-core merge conflicts) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 19:37:50 -0700 Message-ID: <20080530023750.GA5787@kroah.com> References: <20080529155818.6e298a47.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <20080529160944.GA10595@kroah.com> <20080530102154.2f9798a5.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:51164 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752351AbYE3CoB (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 May 2008 22:44:01 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080530102154.2f9798a5.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Stephen Rothwell Cc: Rusty Russell , Kay Sievers , linux-next@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:21:54AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On Thu, 29 May 2008 09:09:44 -0700 Greg KH wrote: > > > > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 03:58:18PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > > > > Greg, is there some way we could add a version of dev_set_name() to > > > current mainline now so that the conversions can be farmed out (or at > > > least be done in other trees destined for linux-next)? > > > > Yes, I'll do that today, thanks for the idea. > > I was hoping for something really simple that even Linus would take - > like below (compile tested only). Yes, I was trying to be "fancy" and actually make it work :) I'll go merge your sane version in and send it to Linus, should help out a lot. thanks, greg k-h