Re: RFC: Modularize /proc/partitons (was Re: /proc/partitions for LVM)

[Peter Samuelson]

[Brian Kress]
> 1)  Add a function pointer to struct gendisk called hd_name.
> 
> 2)  Make disk_name in fs/partitions/check.c use that function
>     pointer if its non-null.
> 
> 3)  Change the following drivers to use this method. (adding the
>     driver specific method and removing the old code in check.c)

Looks good to me ... except that cpqarray.c, cciss.c and DAC960.c have
basically duplicate functions.  Would this be a net win:

  char *typical_disk_name(struct gendisk *, int major_base, int minor, char *buf);

...exported from check.c?

Peter