> From: Jean-Philippe Brucker > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 3:55 AM > [...] > > API naming > ========== > > I realize that "SVM" as a name isn't great because the svm namespace is > already taken by AMD-V (Secure Virtual Machine) in arch/x86. Also, the > name itself doesn't say much. > > I personally prefer "Unified Virtual Addressing" (UVA), adopted by CUDA, > or rather Unified Virtual Address Space (UVAS). Another possibility is > Unified Virtual Memory (UVM). Acronym UAS for Unified Address Space is > already used by USB. Same for Shared Address Space (SAS), already in use > in the kernel, but SVAS would work (although it doesn't look good). > 'unified' is not exactly matching to 'shared'. In some context it means unifying device local memory and system memory in one virtual address space, while SVM is more for sharing of a CPU virtual address space with device. What about Shared Virtual Addressing (SVA)? Thanks Kevin
