Re: [Bpf] Follow up on "call helper function by address" terminology

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On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 2:50 PM David Vernet <void@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 01:10:38PM -0700, dthaler1968=40googlemail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > At IETF 119, we agreed that "by address" should be changed to
> > something else in the ISA.  The term "legacy ID" was used during the
> > discussion but Christoph (if I remember right) pointed out that such
> > IDs are not deprecated per se.  Hence "legacy" may not be the right
> > word since we use that word with legacy packet access instructions
> > that are deprecated. We decided to take further discussion to the
> > list, hence this email.
> >
> > We need some term to distinguish them from BTF IDs, so another
> > alternative might be "non-BTF ID".
>
> Non-BTF ID is fine with me. Any objections?

If something later comes along supplanting BTF it will be the not-BTF
not-non-BTF thing. This is bad. How about untyped identifiers?
>
> Thanks,
> David
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