linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 005/206] Staging: hv: Rename the device type variable

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Message-ID: <4DC9330A.5060106@cam.ac.uk>
Date:	Tue, 10 May 2011 13:43:54 +0100
From:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
CC:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	Abhishek Kane <v-abkane@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 005/206] Staging: hv: Rename the device type variable

On 05/10/11 13:13, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:11:03AM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>> On 05/09/11 22:54, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
>>> Rename the variable g_blk_device_type.
>> Why?
> 
> Because "g_blk_device_type" is in Hungarian notation, which isn't needed
> in the kernel.
> 
Fair enough, I'd misunderstood what g_blk referred to. Sorry for the noise.
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