Re: "tfs" and other filesystems with very short names

[Ross Harvey <ross%teraflop.com@localhost>]

> From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost>
>
> Jason Thorpe writes:
> > On Tue, 22 Sep 1998 08:49:18 +0000 (GMT) 
> >  Alan Barrett <apb%iafrica.com@localhost> wrote:
> > 
> >  > Is it a good idea to add new filesystems with such short names?  We just
> >  > went through a process of renameing "cfs" to "coda" because of a name
> >  > clash.  I'd prefer to see see "tfs" renamed to "ustarfs" now, rather than
> >  > wait for another name clash later.
> > 
> > This is "libsa", not the kernel.  "tfs" is only in the boot blocks.
>
> For now, yes, but maybe not always. Also, it is nice to keep a 1<->1
> correspondence between kernel fs names and libsa names, and we may
> have a tfs some day.

I don't mind changing the name, but do note that in the quiet backwater of
libsa, ffs is still called `ufs'.


  --Ross Harvey