Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030252AbbDVRLE (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:11:04 -0400 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:48678 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030236AbbDVRK7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:10:59 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.11,624,1422950400"; d="scan'208";a="713708452" Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:10:52 -0400 From: "ira.weiny" To: Doug Ledford Cc: Liran Liss , Michael Wang , Roland Dreier , Sean Hefty , Hal Rosenstock , "linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "hal@dev.mellanox.co.il" , Tom Tucker , Steve Wise , Hoang-Nam Nguyen , "raisch@de.ibm.com" , Mike Marciniszyn , Eli Cohen , Faisal Latif , Jack Morgenstein , Or Gerlitz , Haggai Eran , Tom Talpey , Jason Gunthorpe Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/27] IB/Verbs: IB Management Helpers Message-ID: <20150422171051.GE1494@phlsvsds.ph.intel.com> References: <5534B8C9.506@profitbricks.com> <1429714792.45956.110.camel@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1429714792.45956.110.camel@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 980 Lines: 28 On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 10:59:52AM -0400, Doug Ledford wrote: > On Tue, 2015-04-21 at 23:36 +0000, Liran Liss wrote: [snip] > > > > 2)The name rdma_tech_* is lame. > > rdma_transport_*(), adhering to the above (*) remark, is much better. > > For example, both IB and ROCE *do* use the same transport. > > I especially want to second this. I haven't really been happy with the > rdma_tech_* names at all. > I am sure Michael is open to alternative names. I know I am. The problem is that we can't figure out what "IBoE" is. It is not a transport, even though query_transport is now returning it as one. :-P I think the idea behind the "tech" name was that it is a technology "family". I can't think of a better name. Ira -- 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/