linux/Documentation/ABI/testing
Tejun Heo d0985394e7 block: Revert "[SCSI] genhd: add a new attribute "alias" in gendisk"
This reverts commit a72c5e5eb7.

The commit introduced alias for block devices which is intended to be
used during logging although actual usage hasn't been committed yet.
This approach adds very limited benefit (raw log might be easier to
follow) which can be trivially implemented in userland but has a lot
of problems.

It is much worse than netif renames because it doesn't rename the
actual device but just adds conveninence name which isn't used
universally or enforced.  Everything internal including device lookup
and sysfs still uses the internal name and nothing prevents two
devices from using conflicting alias - ie. sda can have sdb as its
alias.

This has been nacked by people working on device driver core, block
layer and kernel-userland interface and shouldn't have been
upstreamed.  Revert it.

 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1155104
 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.scsi/68632
 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.scsi/69776

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
 Acked-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Cc: Nao Nishijima <nao.nishijima.xt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-11-10 09:03:55 +01:00
..
configfs-spear-pcie-gadget ST SPEAr: PCIE gadget suppport 2011-03-22 17:44:10 -07:00
debugfs-ec Documentation: Add new /sys/kernel/debug/ec/* files to ABI 2010-08-03 09:49:07 -04:00
debugfs-ideapad ideapad: add debugfs support 2011-10-24 16:52:39 +02:00
debugfs-pktcdvd doc: use correct debugfs mountpoint 2009-04-13 15:04:33 -07:00
evm evm: re-release 2011-07-18 12:29:40 -04:00
ima_policy ima: rename PATH_CHECK to FILE_CHECK 2010-02-07 03:06:23 -05:00
procfs-diskstats tree-wide: fix assorted typos all over the place 2009-12-04 15:39:55 +01:00
pstore pstore: Allow the user to explicitly choose a backend 2011-07-22 16:14:39 -07:00
sysfs-ata [libata] Add ATA transport class 2010-10-21 20:21:03 -04:00
sysfs-block block: Revert "[SCSI] genhd: add a new attribute "alias" in gendisk" 2011-11-10 09:03:55 +01:00
sysfs-block-zram Staging: zram: Document sysfs entries 2010-08-31 15:34:36 -07:00
sysfs-bus-bcma Documentation/ABI/: update version number references from 2.6.x to 3.x 2011-08-05 13:32:40 +02:00
sysfs-bus-css Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
sysfs-bus-i2c-devices-fsa9480 drivers/misc: add support the FSA9480 USB Switch 2011-07-25 20:57:14 -07:00
sysfs-bus-i2c-devices-hm6352 hmc6352: add driver for the HMC6352 compass 2010-08-09 20:45:10 -07:00
sysfs-bus-media [media] media: Media device 2011-03-22 04:53:09 -03:00
sysfs-bus-pci PCI: add rescan to /sys/.../pci_bus/.../ 2011-05-21 12:17:12 -07:00
sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss cciss: add transport mode attribute to sys 2011-08-08 11:40:17 +02:00
sysfs-bus-pci-drivers-ehci_hcd USB: document ehci-hcd's "companion" sysfs attribute 2011-09-18 01:48:37 -07:00
sysfs-bus-rbd rbd: update email address in Documentation 2011-03-21 15:06:50 -07:00
sysfs-bus-umc uwb: document UWB and WUSB sysfs files 2008-09-17 16:54:35 +01:00
sysfs-bus-usb usbcore: add sysfs support to xHCI usb2 hardware LPM 2011-09-26 15:51:10 -07:00
sysfs-bus-usb-devices-usbsevseg USB: Added driver for a Delcom USB 7-segment LED Display 2008-10-17 14:40:51 -07:00
sysfs-c2port Add c2 port support 2008-11-12 17:17:18 -08:00
sysfs-class
sysfs-class-backlight-driver-adp8870 Documentation/ABI/: update version number references from 2.6.x to 3.x 2011-08-05 13:32:40 +02:00
sysfs-class-bdi fuse: fix bdi naming conflict 2008-05-24 09:56:07 -07:00
sysfs-class-devfreq PM / devfreq: Add basic governors 2011-10-02 00:19:34 +02:00
sysfs-class-lcd video/lcd: document sysfs interface 2009-08-28 15:21:12 -04:00
sysfs-class-led Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
sysfs-class-mtd Documentation: add MTD sysfs docs 2009-05-29 15:13:04 +01:00
sysfs-class-net-batman-adv net: Add batman-adv meshing protocol 2010-12-16 13:44:24 -08:00
sysfs-class-net-mesh batman-adv: implement AP-isolation on the receiver side 2011-08-22 15:16:20 +02:00
sysfs-class-pktcdvd
sysfs-class-power ds2760_battery: Document ABI change 2010-05-19 12:25:39 +04:00
sysfs-class-regulator regulator: add get_status() 2009-03-31 09:56:20 +01:00
sysfs-class-scsi_host [SCSI] isci: Adding documentation to API change and fixup sysfs registration 2011-08-23 19:54:24 -07:00
sysfs-class-uwb_rc uwb: add basic radio manager 2008-11-19 14:46:33 +00:00
sysfs-class-uwb_rc-wusbhc USB: wusb: add wusb_phy_rate sysfs file to host controllers 2009-12-11 11:55:16 -08:00
sysfs-dev sysfs: add /sys/dev/{char,block} to lookup sysfs path by major:minor 2008-07-21 21:54:40 -07:00
sysfs-devices
sysfs-devices-memory Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
sysfs-devices-mmc mmc: export eMMC4.4 enhanced area details to sysfs 2011-03-15 13:48:01 -04:00
sysfs-devices-node mm: compaction: add /sys trigger for per-node memory compaction 2010-05-25 08:06:59 -07:00
sysfs-devices-platform-_UDC_-gadget USB: gadget: storage: optional SCSI WRITE FUA bit 2010-08-10 14:35:42 -07:00
sysfs-devices-power PM: Do not create wakeup sysfs files for devices that cannot wake up 2011-03-15 00:43:14 +01:00
sysfs-devices-system-cpu Documentation, ABI: Update L3 cache index disable text 2011-05-16 11:24:30 -07:00
sysfs-devices-system-ibm-rtl IBM Real-Time "SMI Free" mode driver -v7 2010-10-21 10:10:46 -04:00
sysfs-driver-hid HID: Add HID Report Descriptor to sysfs 2011-02-17 13:23:14 +01:00
sysfs-driver-hid-logitech-lg4ff HID: lg4ff - Document sysfs interface for range setting 2011-08-04 16:45:56 +02:00
sysfs-driver-hid-picolcd HID: split picolcd's operation_mode sysfs attribute 2010-04-27 15:31:26 +02:00
sysfs-driver-hid-prodikeys HID: Prodikeys PC-MIDI HID Driver 2010-05-12 15:18:59 +02:00
sysfs-driver-hid-roccat-arvo HID: roccat: Add 'Users:' tag to sysfs documentation 2011-02-03 17:29:49 +01:00
sysfs-driver-hid-roccat-kone Documentation: fix minor typos/spelling 2011-04-04 17:51:47 -07:00
sysfs-driver-hid-roccat-koneplus HID: roccat: Add "Roccat Talk" support for koneplus 2011-06-13 12:50:40 +02:00
sysfs-driver-hid-roccat-kovaplus Documentation: fix minor typos/spelling 2011-04-04 17:51:47 -07:00
sysfs-driver-hid-roccat-pyra Documentation: fix minor typos/spelling 2011-04-04 17:51:47 -07:00
sysfs-driver-hid-wiimote HID: wiimote: Add sysfs support to wiimote driver 2011-07-11 14:30:24 +02:00
sysfs-driver-samsung-laptop Platform: add Samsung Laptop platform driver 2011-03-28 06:28:12 -04:00
sysfs-driver-wacom Input: wacom - add LED support for Cintiq 21ux2 2011-10-05 00:26:21 -07:00
sysfs-firmware-acpi ACPI: add /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/sci_not counter 2009-04-21 00:35:47 -04:00
sysfs-firmware-dmi firmware: Fix grammar in sysfs-firmware-dmi doc 2011-04-19 16:45:51 -07:00
sysfs-firmware-gsmi driver: Google EFI SMI 2011-04-29 18:09:34 -07:00
sysfs-firmware-log driver: Google Memory Console 2011-04-29 18:09:34 -07:00
sysfs-firmware-memmap Bernhard has moved 2009-02-18 15:37:56 -08:00
sysfs-firmware-sfi SFI: add sysfs interface for SFI tables. 2010-05-27 12:46:20 -04:00
sysfs-firmware-sgi_uv sysfs: document files in /sys/firmware/sgi_uv/ 2008-09-02 19:21:40 -07:00
sysfs-fs-ext4 ext4: update ext4 documentation 2011-02-21 20:16:21 -05:00
sysfs-gpio gpiolib: allow poll() on value 2009-09-23 07:39:48 -07:00
sysfs-i2c-bmp085 drivers/misc: support for the pressure sensor BMP085 from Bosch Sensortec 2010-08-09 20:45:05 -07:00
sysfs-ibft Firmware: add iSCSI iBFT Support 2008-04-19 19:10:28 -07:00
sysfs-kernel-fscaps kernel/ksysfs.c: expose file_caps_enabled in sysfs 2011-04-19 16:45:51 -07:00
sysfs-kernel-mm mm: create /sys/kernel/mm 2008-07-24 10:47:17 -07:00
sysfs-kernel-mm-cleancache mm/fs: cleancache documentation 2011-05-26 10:00:56 -06:00
sysfs-kernel-mm-hugepages hugetlb: new sysfs interface 2008-07-24 10:47:17 -07:00
sysfs-kernel-slab slub: allow stats to be cleared 2009-10-15 21:34:12 +03:00
sysfs-kernel-uids
sysfs-memory-page-offline HWPOISON: Add soft page offline support 2009-12-16 12:20:00 +01:00
sysfs-module USB: EHCI: Allow users to override 80% max periodic bandwidth 2011-07-08 14:51:33 -07:00
sysfs-ocfs2 ocfs2: Document /sys/fs/ocfs2 2008-04-18 08:56:07 -07:00
sysfs-platform-asus-laptop Documentation: fix minor typos/spelling 2011-04-04 17:51:47 -07:00
sysfs-platform-asus-wmi eeepc-wmi: asus generic asus-wmi.ko module 2011-03-28 06:07:20 -04:00
sysfs-platform-at91 can: at91_can: make can_id of mailbox 0 configurable 2011-01-24 14:56:37 +01:00
sysfs-platform-eeepc-laptop eeepc-laptop: set the right paths in the documentation 2010-02-28 19:30:57 +01:00
sysfs-platform-ideapad-laptop ideapad: remove sysfs node for cfg 2011-10-24 16:52:39 +02:00
sysfs-platform-kim drivers:misc: ti-st: move from rfkill to sysfs 2011-02-04 12:41:20 -08:00
sysfs-power PM / Hibernate: Add sysfs knob to control size of memory for drivers 2011-05-17 23:19:19 +02:00
sysfs-pps LinuxPPS: core support 2009-06-18 13:04:04 -07:00
sysfs-profiling profiling: dynamically enable readprofile at runtime 2008-10-16 11:21:31 -07:00
sysfs-ptp ptp: Added a brand new class driver for ptp clocks. 2011-05-23 13:01:00 -07:00
sysfs-tty tty: add 'active' sysfs attribute to tty0 and console device 2010-12-16 16:15:34 -08:00
sysfs-wusb_cbaf uwb: document UWB and WUSB sysfs files 2008-09-17 16:54:35 +01:00