Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:36:57 -0700 | From | William Lee Irwin III <> | Subject | Re: /proc/bus/pci |
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At some point in the past, I wrote: >> I've never seen this; however, I've seen "PCI segment" used in some >> Intel docs. I do agree that neither "phb" nor "hose" are particularly >> nice nomenclature.
On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 07:23:21PM +0200, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > imho, calling a domain a "segment" is plain wrong, I'd rather call > "segment" a single electrical PCI bus ... > Note: I'm to blame for polluting ppc32 with the "hose" name in > variable/function names =P
I wouldn't particularly advocate segment over anything, I've merely seen it used. I think we're all happy with "domain" (and are more concerned with the functional issues anyway).
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