* [PATCH] RFC: remove "Linux 2.4" strings
@ 2003-08-15 17:11 Randy.Dunlap
2003-08-15 22:59 ` Mark McClelland
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Randy.Dunlap @ 2003-08-15 17:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: lkml
This patch removes "Linux 2.4" printed strings from a few
drivers and net protocols.
Instead of changing them to "Linux 2.6", they should just
be deleted, I think. Other suggestions?
--
~Randy
patch_name: linux_24_string.patch
patch_version: 2003-08-15.09:24:48
author: Randy.Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org>
description: remove "Linux 2.4" and variants from printed messages
product: Linux
product_versions: 260-815
diffstat: =
drivers/scsi/imm.h | 2 +-
drivers/scsi/ppa.h | 2 +-
drivers/usb/misc/brlvger.c | 2 +-
net/netrom/af_netrom.c | 2 +-
net/rose/af_rose.c | 2 +-
5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -Naurp ./drivers/scsi/imm.h~str24 ./drivers/scsi/imm.h
--- ./drivers/scsi/imm.h~str24 2003-08-15 08:28:12.000000000 -0700
+++ ./drivers/scsi/imm.h 2003-08-15 09:15:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
#ifndef _IMM_H
#define _IMM_H
-#define IMM_VERSION "2.05 (for Linux 2.4.0)"
+#define IMM_VERSION "2.05"
/*
* 10 Apr 1998 (Good Friday) - Received EN144302 by email from Iomega.
diff -Naurp ./drivers/scsi/ppa.h~str24 ./drivers/scsi/ppa.h
--- ./drivers/scsi/ppa.h~str24 2003-08-15 08:29:01.000000000 -0700
+++ ./drivers/scsi/ppa.h 2003-08-15 09:15:39.000000000 -0700
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
#ifndef _PPA_H
#define _PPA_H
-#define PPA_VERSION "2.07 (for Linux 2.4.x)"
+#define PPA_VERSION "2.07"
/*
* this driver has been hacked by Matteo Frigo (athena@theory.lcs.mit.edu)
diff -Naurp ./drivers/usb/misc/brlvger.c~str24 ./drivers/usb/misc/brlvger.c
--- ./drivers/usb/misc/brlvger.c~str24 2003-08-15 08:28:42.000000000 -0700
+++ ./drivers/usb/misc/brlvger.c 2003-08-15 09:08:01.000000000 -0700
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
#define DRIVER_AUTHOR \
"Stephane Dalton <sdalton@videotron.ca> " \
"and Stéphane Doyon <s.doyon@videotron.ca>"
-#define DRIVER_DESC "Tieman Voyager braille display USB driver for Linux 2.4"
+#define DRIVER_DESC "Tieman Voyager braille display USB driver for Linux"
#define DRIVER_SHORTDESC "Voyager"
#define BANNER \
diff -Naurp ./net/rose/af_rose.c~str24 ./net/rose/af_rose.c
--- ./net/rose/af_rose.c~str24 2003-08-15 08:28:41.000000000 -0700
+++ ./net/rose/af_rose.c 2003-08-15 09:04:19.000000000 -0700
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ static struct notifier_block rose_dev_no
static struct net_device **dev_rose;
-static const char banner[] = KERN_INFO "F6FBB/G4KLX ROSE for Linux. Version 0.62 for AX25.037 Linux 2.4\n";
+static const char banner[] = KERN_INFO "F6FBB/G4KLX ROSE for Linux. Version 0.62 for AX25.037\n";
static int __init rose_proto_init(void)
{
diff -Naurp ./net/netrom/af_netrom.c~str24 ./net/netrom/af_netrom.c
--- ./net/netrom/af_netrom.c~str24 2003-08-15 08:28:41.000000000 -0700
+++ ./net/netrom/af_netrom.c 2003-08-15 09:06:51.000000000 -0700
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ static struct notifier_block nr_dev_noti
static struct net_device **dev_nr;
-static char banner[] __initdata = KERN_INFO "G4KLX NET/ROM for Linux. Version 0.7 for AX25.037 Linux 2.4\n";
+static char banner[] __initdata = KERN_INFO "G4KLX NET/ROM for Linux. Version 0.7 for AX25.037\n";
static int __init nr_proto_init(void)
{
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* Re: [PATCH] RFC: remove "Linux 2.4" strings
2003-08-15 17:11 [PATCH] RFC: remove "Linux 2.4" strings Randy.Dunlap
@ 2003-08-15 22:59 ` Mark McClelland
2003-08-15 23:15 ` Randy.Dunlap
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Mark McClelland @ 2003-08-15 22:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Randy.Dunlap; +Cc: lkml
Randy.Dunlap wrote:
>This patch removes "Linux 2.4" printed strings from a few
>drivers and net protocols.
>
>Instead of changing them to "Linux 2.6", they should just
>be deleted, I think. Other suggestions?
>
These strings are sometimes useful to maintainers when handling bug
reports. Vendors and users often replace drivers with out-of-tree
versions to gain features that aren't included in the in-kernel version
(because of licensing issues, etc...). I have had this happen with ov511
a number of times, so I add the "for Linux 2.4" now.
--
Mark McClelland
mark@alpha.dyndns.org
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* Re: [PATCH] RFC: remove "Linux 2.4" strings
2003-08-15 22:59 ` Mark McClelland
@ 2003-08-15 23:15 ` Randy.Dunlap
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Randy.Dunlap @ 2003-08-15 23:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mark McClelland; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 15:59:30 -0700 Mark McClelland <mark@alpha.dyndns.org> wrote:
| Randy.Dunlap wrote:
|
| >This patch removes "Linux 2.4" printed strings from a few
| >drivers and net protocols.
| >
| >Instead of changing them to "Linux 2.6", they should just
| >be deleted, I think. Other suggestions?
| >
| These strings are sometimes useful to maintainers when handling bug
| reports. Vendors and users often replace drivers with out-of-tree
| versions to gain features that aren't included in the in-kernel version
| (because of licensing issues, etc...). I have had this happen with ov511
| a number of times, so I add the "for Linux 2.4" now.
OK, I won't push them.
Just seems odd to see drivers "for Linux 2.4" in the 2.6 tree.
Thanks for your RFC reply.
--
~Randy
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