Re: [PATCH] change PCI nomenclature according to PCI-SIG

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On 28.11.2009 13:43, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On 11/28/2009 06:54 AM, Stefan Assmann wrote:
>> From: Stefan Assmann<sassmann@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Changing occurrences of variants of PCI-X and PCIe to the PCI-SIG
>> terms listed in the "Trademark and Logo Usage Guidelines".
>> http://www.pcisig.com/developers/procedures/logos/Trademark_and_Logo_Usage_Guidelines_updated_112206.pdf
>>
>> Additionally some renames of Gb/s to GT/s where appropriate, concerns
>> PCIe.
>>
>> This is a followup to the discussion at:
>> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/14/107
>> Patch is based on 2.6.32-rc8.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Assmann<sassmann@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> NAK, this clearly introduces bugs and changes sysfs output (ABI).
> 
> Typically this type of change is pointless churn that creates far more
> problems than it "solves."

Hi Jeff,

I see you point in not liking this kind of change. What kind of cleanup
would be ok in your opinion?

  Stefan
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