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

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

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.

:)

	Jeff



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