On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 09:33:29PM +0900, Akira Hayakawa wrote: > I have three candidates on my mind. > I am thinking of removing the dm- prefix as bcache and enhanceio do. Yes, that's fine for the general way of referring to this. (Within the codebase, the filename and module name would still need the prefix: we use this for auto-module loading, function name/error message scoping etc.) > a) It writes in-coming writes in log-structured manner. > b) It is extremely fast in write. > c) It is caching software. Another candidate: 'lcache' - contrast with 'bcache > 3) writeboost or wboost > Concentrating on the characteristic b) > but doesn't mention cache. I quite like that option. Alasdair -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel