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Message-Id: <4BF3DAA40200003000085673@sinclair.provo.novell.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 May 2010 12:33:40 -0600
From:	"Ky Srinivasan" <ksrinivasan@...ell.com>
To:	"Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	<hjanssen@...rosoft.com>, "Avi Kivity" <avi@...hat.com>,
	<mingo@...hat.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Hyperv detection - code cleanup



>>> On 5/19/2010 at  2:21 PM, in message <4BF42C3D.6030404@...or.com>, "H. Peter
Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote: 
> On 05/19/2010 11:19 AM, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:50:54AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>> On 05/19/2010 10:20 AM, Ky Srinivasan wrote:
>>>> From: K. Y. Srinivasan <ksrinivasan@...ell.com>
>>>> Subject: Code cleanup - get rid of the "ms" prefix in hyperv related files.  
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <ksrinivasan@...ell.com>
>>>
>>> NAK in the extreme.
>>>
>>> "hyperv" -- without the capitalization to make it stand out -- is way
>>> too easy to read as just an abbreviation for "hypervisor".
>> 
>> Which is what I confused it with, and hence I wrote the ms_* changes in
>> my patch.  But KY wanted it changed back so I suggested he write a
>> patch.
>> 
>> I personally like the ms_ stuff, it makes it more obvious what is going
>> on here, but that's just me.
>> 
> 
> Well, I agree with you.  Sorry, Ky.
I see your concern.

Regards,

K. Y
> 
> 	-hpa


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