Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262153AbTFBKcD (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jun 2003 06:32:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262161AbTFBKcD (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jun 2003 06:32:03 -0400 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:63245 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262153AbTFBKb5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jun 2003 06:31:57 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 12:45:17 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Pascal Schmidt Cc: David Wilson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: capability flag for ATAPI MO (from kernel mailing list) Message-ID: <20030602104517.GH9561@suse.de> References: <20030530015334.GD1120@uow.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1046 Lines: 28 On Fri, May 30 2003, Pascal Schmidt wrote: > On Fri, 30 May 2003, David Wilson wrote: > > > Is optical (or CDC_OPTICAL) a good name for this capability? > > After all, CD CD-R CD-RW DVD DVD+/-R(W) are all optical. > > Well, I simply used something similar to ide_optical from IDE code, but > I agree that it's not optimal. > > > That said, a better name does not immediately spring to mind > > (unless MOPTICAL works for you - magneto-optical seems too long). > > I'll see what Jens has to say about the name. CDC_MOPTICAL looks ugly > to me, and CDC_MO too short. Maybe CDC_MO_DRIVE would work if > CDC_OPTICAL is not acceptable. CDC_MO_DRIVE would be fine with me, it's right to the point. But basically I don't really care, I think it's pretty clear even if named CDC_OPTICAL. -- Jens Axboe - 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/