Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758643AbXEQRgR (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2007 13:36:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756524AbXEQRgB (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2007 13:36:01 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:58973 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756490AbXEQRf7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2007 13:35:59 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 19:07:32 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: CaT cc: J??rn Engel , Jamie Lokier , David Woodhouse , akpm@osdl.org, Evgeniy Polyakov , Albert Cahalan , Greg KH , John Stoffel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Oeser , Pekka Enberg , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: [PATCH] LogFS take three In-Reply-To: <20070516120624.GA18926@zip.com.au> Message-ID: References: <20070515151919.GA32510@lazybastard.org> <17994.1241.436841.681216@stoffel.org> <20070515191926.GB1220@lazybastard.org> <1179291255.2859.195.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <20070516110933.GA5472@lazybastard.org> <20070516113434.GC20482@mail.shareable.org> <20070516115003.GD5472@lazybastard.org> <20070516120624.GA18926@zip.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1166 Lines: 32 On May 16 2007 22:06, CaT wrote: >On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 01:50:03PM +0200, J??rn Engel wrote: >> On Wed, 16 May 2007 12:34:34 +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote: >> > >> > But if akpm can't pronounce it, how about FFFS for faster flash >> > filesystem.... ;-) >> >> How many of you have worked for IBM before? Vowels are not evil. ;) >> >> Grouping four or more consonants to name anything will cause similar >> expressions on people's faces. Numbers don't help much either. >> >> Ext2 is a great name, because "ext" actually is a pronouncable syllable. >> MinixFS, ChunkFS, TileFS are great too. XFS and JFS are ok, at least >> they only have three consonants. But FFS exists, so I'd rather go for a >> syllable. > >FlashFS? Or just try once dropping all those redundant 'fs' suffixes. bdev, proc, cpuset, devpts, mqueue, fuse(blk|ctl), vfat, iso9660, etc. Then there's much more space for innovative names. Jan -- - 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/