On Tue, 29 November 2011 10:00:18 -0800, Andy Grover wrote: > On 11/24/2011 01:03 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > If you use a block device use iblock - it's generall going to be a lot > > faster and more efficient. If you want to use regular files use the > > file backend. That naming should make it kinda obvious, except for the > > weird "i" in iblock that still keeps confusing me. > > What does the "i" in iblock mean? > > Would you take a patch to just call it "block"? I believe a number of people might object. There is userspace code that expects processes to be called LIO_iblock, not LIO_block, etc. You would need a _very_ strong argument to break these. Solving world hunger or prevent a nuclear meltdown I would accept. Aesthetics - not so much. > Also, speaking of adjusting names (and causing havoc), what do you think > about shortening all filenames by removing "target_core_" from the start > of all of them? iscsi/ could also get a similar treatment. In principle that would be fine with me. Only kernel hackers would have to retrain their fingers. Jörn -- Luck is when opportunity meets good preparation. -- Chinese proverb -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe target-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
