Re: [ANNOUNCE] libata: new EH, NCQ, hotplug and PM patches againststable kernel

[Tejun Heo]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Tejun Heo wrote:
> > Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > > Tejun Heo wrote:
> > > > Stefan Smietanowski wrote:
> > > > > Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > > > > > > * New error handling
> > > > > > > * IRQ driven PIO (from Albert Lee)
> > > > > > > * SATA NCQ support
> > > > > > > * Hotplug support
> > > > > > > * Port Multiplier support
> > > > > >
> > > > > > BTW, we often use PM to mean Power Management.
> > > > > > Could we find a different acronym for Port Multiplier support,
> > > > > > such as PMS or PX or PXS?
> > > > >
> > > > > Ok, maybe not PMS ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you imagine a bug report from someone that "has problem with PMS"?
> > > > > :)
> > > >
> > > > Would be fun though.  :)
> > > >
> > > > I thought about using another acronym for port multiplier too.  But 
> > > > the spec uses that acronym all over the place, PM, PMP (Port 
> > > > Multiplier Portnumber), which reminds me of USB full/high speed fiasco.
> > > >
> > > > Urghh... I thought we could use power for power management inside 
> > > > libata but that might be a bad idea.  So, PMS?
> > >
> > > PMS is fine.  I encouraged the use of "UFO" for "UDP Fragmentation 
> > > Offload" in network driver land, and it stuck.
> > >
> > > This is Linux, we like to have fun around here :)
> >
> > Currently, the candidates are...
> >
> > px    : short (good), but I don't know, not pretty
> > pmul    : okay but a bit too long
> > pml    : pretty and official
> > pms    : pretty and fun
> >
> > I think I'll go with either pms or pml.  Man, this decision is difficult.
>
> To make it more difficult:  Honestly, I prefer Port MultiPlier (PMP), 
> imitating (and perhaps overloading) the acronym used by the standard 
> SATA FIS field.

Ah... I've excluded PMP because I thought it was already taken, but, 
yeah, it wouldn't cause noticeable confusion and fits the best.  I'll 
give PMP a try.

--
tejun
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