linux-kernel - Re: Windows does not like `aux` file names.

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Message-Id: <20131120111025.32a2033aa7ef205e3d39c572@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:10:25 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	John Doe <foobar5252@...mail.com>
Cc:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
Subject: Re: Windows does not like `aux` file names.

Hi,

On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:15:07 +0000 (UTC) John Doe <foobar5252@...mail.com> wrote:
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/aux.c 
> 
> When trying to clone the linux kernel on Windows, that file will fail due to
> Windows not liking the file name `aux` since it's one of the reserved words
> used for DOS devices.

That file was created by commit 4196faa86232 ("drm/nouveau/i2c: port to
subdev interfaces") and has been in the main kernel tree since v3.7-rc1.

This is not a problem with linux-next as such.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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