[Devel] [PATCH v6 06/10] glge driver: rename internal SEM_SET macro to SEM_INIT

Jitendra Kalsaria jitendra.kalsaria at qlogic.com
Mon Oct 15 09:34:54 PDT 2012



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>Subject: [PATCH v6 06/10] glge driver: rename internal SEM_SET macro to SEM_INIT

>The reason for shit patch is that SET_SET is desired to be a part of new part
>of API of IPC sys_semctl() system call.
>The name itself for IPC is quite natural, because all linux-specific commands
>names for IPC system calls are originally created by replacing "IPC_" part by
>"SEM_"("MSG_", "SHM_") part.
>So, I'm hoping, that this change doesn't really matters for "QLogic qlge NIC
>HBA Driver" developers, since it's just an internal define.

You need to fix the subject, its "qlge" driver not "glge", rest looks good to me.




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