linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: export SSD/non-rotational queue flag through sysfs

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Date:	Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:47:22 +0100
From:	"Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	"Jens Axboe" <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc:	"Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz" <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: export SSD/non-rotational queue flag through sysfs

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 19:54, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 05 2009, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

>> +static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_nonrot_entry = {
>> +     .attr = {.name = "nonrot", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
>> +     .show = queue_nonrot_show,
>> +     .store = queue_nonrot_store,
>> +};
>> +
>
> Lets please use a better name for export reasons, non-rotational is a
> lot better. Nobody will know what nonrot means :-)

What's that negation good for? Can't we just have "rotational", like
we have "removable" and not "non-removable"? :)

Thanks?
Kay
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