From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 25 15: 6: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC43D14CC1 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:06:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org ([216.62.157.60]) by mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.09.16.21.57.p8) with ESMTP id <0FK6004NWIPQU6@mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net> for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 17:05:56 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA35778; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 17:05:27 -0500 (CDT envelope-from chris) X-URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/~chris/ Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 17:05:27 -0500 From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: module names In-reply-to: To: Pascal Hofstee Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chris@calldei.com Message-id: <19991025170527.K452@holly.calldei.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT (i386) References: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Oct 26, 1999, Pascal Hofstee wrote: > Hi, > > With the recent addition of more and more KLDs to the /modules directory i > was wondering if perhaps it would be a good idea to name these modules > more consistantly: > > if_* : For all network modules (done already) > ng_* : For all netgraph related modules (done already) > fs_* : For all filesystem modules > saver_* : For all screensavers (probably would prefer a shorter prefix) > emu_* : For binary compatibilty modules like linux/ibcs2/svr4 I agree with the idea but some of the name ideas are a little off. What would Vinum go under? I also disagree with your usage of ``emu_''. I would prefer ``compat_''. -- |Chris Costello |If at first you don't succeed, you must be a programmer. `-------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message