Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | RE: /proc/bus/pci | Date | Mon, 9 Jun 2003 10:03:40 -0700 | From | "Grover, Andrew" <> |
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What about "PCI segment"?
Another overloaded CS word but it's certainly better than some of the alternatives below. It's also the only one that is actually used in a relevant specification (the ACPI spec.)
Regards - Andy
> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert White [mailto:rwhite@casabyte.com] > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 5:25 PM > To: Linus Torvalds; Albert Cahalan > Cc: linux-kernel; davem@redhat.com; bcollins@debian.org; > wli@holomorphy.com; tom_gall@vnet.ibm.com; anton@samba.org > Subject: RE: /proc/bus/pci > > > My Humble Opinion: > > "hose0" -> bad, I know I didn't have a clue where it came from > > "domain0" -> obscure but mathematical 8-), probably hard to > teach what with > the name used all over heck > > "phb0" -> "eh what is phb?" "primary host bridge"... > > "bridge0" -> not bad, is it platform agnostic? (e.g. is the connection > called a bridge on non- Intel/AMD/PS platforms?) don't > know... but if it > is... good > > Note: There are no "good" synonyms for "Domain" (from M-W.com:) > > "field, bailiwick, champaign, demesne, dominion, province, > sphere, terrain, > territory, walk" > > So, my heard groans for another "domain" in the computer, and > I like the way > bridge reads > > "devices/bridge0/bus2/dev11/fn0/whatever" > > but regardless (going back to pc-isms) that puts things like > the pci-agp > "bridge" and such into the namespace if one were to be especially > conformant, which may or may not be a good thing. > > Rob. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of Linus Torvalds > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 8:52 AM > To: Albert Cahalan > Cc: linux-kernel; davem@redhat.com; bcollins@debian.org; > wli@holomorphy.com; tom_gall@vnet.ibm.com; anton@samba.org > Subject: Re: /proc/bus/pci > > > > On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Albert Cahalan wrote: > > > > Some of the IBMers use "phb" instead of "hose" or "domain". > > Gods, did they run out of vowels in _that_ part of IBM too? > > Where do they go? Is there somebody at IBM that hoards > vowels, and will > one day hold the rest of the world hostage? "Mwahahahaa! If > you don't buy > support from IBM, you can never use the letter 'A' again! > Whahahahhhaah!". > > I can see it now. > > > What the _f*ck_ is wrong with just calling it "PCI domain". > It's a fine > word, and yes, "domain" is used commonly in computer > language, but that's > a _good_ thing. Everybody immediately understands what it is about. > > There is no goodness to acronyms where you have to be some > "insider" to > know what the hell it means. That "hose" thing has the same problem: I > don't know about anybody else, but to me a "hose" is a logn > narrow conduit > for water, and a "PCI hose" doesn't much make sense to me. > > A "phb" just makes me go "Whaa?" > > Linus > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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