Some user tools parse /proc/scsi/scsi, so we can't yet change the names. Change the existing ones back to their old names, and add an admonition to not make the same mistake that I did. Andrew Morton reports that this was breaking YDL 4.1 userspace. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> diff -puN drivers/scsi/scsi.c~revert-scsi-improve-inquiry-printing drivers/scsi/scsi.c --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c~revert-scsi-improve-inquiry-printing +++ a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c @@ -96,22 +96,26 @@ unsigned int scsi_logging_level; EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_logging_level); #endif +/* NB: These are exposed through /proc/scsi/scsi and form part of the ABI. + * You may not alter any existing entry (although adding new ones is + * encouraged once assigned by ANSI/INCITS T10 + */ static const char *const scsi_device_types[] = { - "Direct access ", - "Sequential access", + "Direct-Access ", + "Sequential-Access", "Printer ", "Processor ", "WORM ", - "CD/DVD ", + "CD-ROM ", "Scanner ", - "Optical memory ", - "Media changer ", + "Optical Device ", + "Medium Changer ", "Communications ", "ASC IT8 ", "ASC IT8 ", "RAID ", "Enclosure ", - "Direct access RBC", + "Direct-Access-RBC", "Optical card ", "Bridge controller", "Object storage ", - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html