Re: [PATCH v2 man-pages] bpf.2: new page documenting bpf(2)

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On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 3:09 AM, walter harms <wharms@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>> +.SH DESCRIPTION
>> +.BR bpf()
>> +syscall is a multiplexor for a range of different operations on extended BPF
> syscall is a multiplexor for a range of different operations on extended
> Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF).
>
> just introduce the abv. early as possible,
>

I'd rather not. The universal feedback from everyone was
that eBPF name is ugly, awkward, hard to pronounce, hard to
remember, hard to spell, etc.
So I'm trying not to use it, if I can. Often when people
say 'bpf' they mean 'extended' one and
when they need to refer to old they say 'classic bpf'.
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