linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] LogFS take three

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Date:	Thu, 17 May 2007 19:07:32 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	CaT <cat@....com.au>
cc:	J??rn Engel <joern@...ybastard.org>,
	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, akpm@...l.org,
	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>,
	Albert Cahalan <acahalan@...il.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Oeser <ioe-lkml@...eria.de>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] LogFS take three


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
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