From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 9 10:22:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B3858C6 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2012 10:22:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fluca1978@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vc0-f182.google.com (mail-vc0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2FA38FC0A for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2012 10:22:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f182.google.com with SMTP id fw7so4890147vcb.13 for ; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:22:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=FbiXnUosIiscEBoNlr6Znp8VZiniAN0f/ySM9BYprRU=; b=RsvhwElpendR5dZhGRpDMK9c7p/PUR6pXu811dJcL8K/CD3wrZBnFoIUSpnvlCHjmX 3TI0oewKKlsNSy/6Bp/eAKbonsd03eLG+TYdFRefyTtu7Ho66zsxeSjaRI4M/J4M8DjN 0Iei2MyB0KUOiv0701+RNs/001/ukZGVmQnAAhb9gq/0zMcpzAtGaZSDw1e5T8JYw3cw /RFAAmON8TRxOvFRNCsiCy0XMoYLbAX1AM3RTbH4iC5h5xTiX8qbQQk9ZrepRKmg9DZW sGFn7K1yyNpY/6exosPtdhGPs1HF5mJHTySS60mwumRuikcnv0ic/pmeX9d+W2xx9t8z AzeA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.95.237 with SMTP id dn13mr8603360vdb.83.1352456530616; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:22:10 -0800 (PST) Sender: fluca1978@gmail.com Received: by 10.220.2.135 with HTTP; Fri, 9 Nov 2012 02:22:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4898.1351583849@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <4898.1351583849@critter.freebsd.dk> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 11:22:10 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: UMRByYwTT-PfwZy8AmAgvJ8PwiM Message-ID: Subject: Re: [OT] GEOM meaning From: Luca Ferrari To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:22:12 -0000 Thanks. I was thinking about that and found an answer also in the source code (geom_kern.c): SYSCTL_NODE(_kern, OID_AUTO, geom, CTLFLAG_RW, 0, "GEOMetry management"); Anybody has a clue also for the meaning of geli? Luca On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > -------- > In message , Luca Ferrari writes: > >>I'm curious to know if GEOM stands for something or does not have any >>particular meaning. I was unable to figure it out. > > It's shorthand for "geometry" > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.