Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 09:55:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 09:55:29 -0500 Received: from smtp09.iddeo.es ([62.81.186.19]:59831 "EHLO smtp09.retemail.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 09:55:28 -0500 Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 16:02:52 +0100 From: "J.A. Magallon" To: Sean Neakums Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] Linux 2.4.20-jam0 Message-ID: <20021130150252.GG2517@werewolf.able.es> References: <20021129233807.GA1610@werewolf.able.es> <3DE80AB6.611F3A8C@digeo.com> <20021130144541.GA2517@werewolf.able.es> <6u3cpj3xzx.fsf@zork.zork.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: <6u3cpj3xzx.fsf@zork.zork.net>; from sneakums@zork.net on Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 15:58:42 +0100 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.4.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1168 Lines: 23 On 2002.11.30 Sean Neakums wrote: >commence J.A. Magallon quotation: > >> Thanks, I will add it... >> BTW, who puts names to options ? Wouldn't be more intuitive to add options >> like 'ialloc_std' or 'ialloc_orlov' ? Too late to change this ? > >There isn't exactly a whole lot of contention in the mount-options >namespace. And neither orlov not ialloc_orlov is in any way >"intuitive". However, orlov is more guessable, to my mind, than >ialloc_orlov. > Well, what I think is more understandable when you see a /etc/fstab would be something like 'inode_allocator=std' or 'inode_allocator=orlov' or 'inode_allocator=xxxxx' if something new appears. -- J.A. Magallon \ Software is like sex: werewolf.able.es \ It's better when it's free Mandrake Linux release 9.1 (Cooker) for i586 Linux 2.4.20-jam0 (gcc 3.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2-4mdk)) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/