Re: [ALPHA] Update for "name" out of struct device.

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 12:51:09PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 12:45:12PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > What do you think about the following patch?  It follows the style of
> > other PCI core messages, and prints out the same information as before.
> 
> ...except for the pretty name, of course.
> 
> But IMO we need to stop drivers and core from printing out pretty-name
> at all, which is another reason for my patch.  Having name information
> like this in the kernel, overall, is a waste, IMO.  _Especially_ when
> that information is conditional.  We should be consistent with what we
> print out, to reduce user confusion.

Hence "pci_name()"  :)

greg k-h
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