Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 19:08:46 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: good name for a (in fact 2) new module(s) Message-ID: <199710130938.TAA01200@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 Oct 1997 00:32:38 MST." <Pine.BSF.3.95.971013000137.9123D-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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> A networking framework to allow the linking and operation of an arbitrary > graph (think of nodes and edges) of processing modules within the kernel. "PLGS" (think plugs & sockets, or Pluggable Link Grouping System. Or maybe "tubes" (for the oldies) for Transport Unification Block Extension Scheme. > The second module is a disk layering framework that works in conjunction > with DEVFS. How about "DSTAC" for Direct STorage ACcumulation? Apologies for the synthetic acronyms. 8) > The present name for this module is the SLICE module, but I'm not sure > that this is generic enough. I've been thinking of DASD (IBM's name for > disk (Direct Access Storage Device) or DAS (similar). I'd have to do some > 'bulk find and replace' operations but I'd rather do it now than later. DASD would be OK as long as the legacy attachments weren't seen as a problem; you're reusing an older term for something quite different and will undoubtably confuse some people. > Any thoughts about these names would be gratefully appreciated.. > failing violent objections, we might look forward to seeing a > /sys/dev/slice or /sys/dev/das (no, not DAAS for those .au members). Damn. I was going to suggest that you could call the network module "Gough". (Heh, figure _that_ one out...) mike
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