linux-kernel - Re: NVM Mapping API

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Message-ID: <20120518160834.6006c821@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 18 May 2012 16:08:34 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: NVM Mapping API

> I do think that using numbers to refer to regions of NVM is a complete
> non-starter.  This was one of the big mistakes of SYSV; one so big that
> even POSIX couldn't stomach it.

That basically degenerates to using UUIDs. Even then it's not a useful
solution because you need to be able to list the UUIDs in use and their
sizes which turns into a file system.

I would prefer we use names.

Alan
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