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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdr
From: |
Jamie Lokier |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv' |
Date: |
Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:52:00 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Kevin Wolf wrote:
> We should be careful not to put each file into its own directory. A
> layout is good if it helps me to find the right file more quickly. If I
> have the same problem finding the right directory (or just having to
> change the working directory all the time) afterwards, I think it's not
> worth the effort.
The way Linux dealt with this is long ago there were only a few
directories in drivers/ and a few top-level directories. Block
devices went in drivers/block/, most other devices in drivers/char,
and there were only a few top-level directories.
That went on for many years. Then as the number of drivers and kernel
subsystems grew too big, they added more and more specialised
directories. Now we have a lot of directories under drivers/, and a
few more at the top level.
With GIT handling renames, adding more directories in future as needed
and moving things into them might be quite straightforward, I'm not
sure.
-- Jamie
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv', (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv', Avi Kivity, 2009/04/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv', Blue Swirl, 2009/04/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv', Avi Kivity, 2009/04/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv', Anthony Liguori, 2009/04/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv', Christoph Hellwig, 2009/04/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv', Avi Kivity, 2009/04/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv', Anthony Liguori, 2009/04/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv', Blue Swirl, 2009/04/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv', Stefan Weil, 2009/04/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv', Kevin Wolf, 2009/04/27
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv',
Jamie Lokier <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv', M. Warner Losh, 2009/04/27
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Move block format drivers to new directory 'bdrv', Kevin Wolf, 2009/04/27