Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:57:59 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] debugfs for 2.6.10-rc3 |
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On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 09:33:35PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 01:36:45PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > I've added debugfs to my bk driver tree (located at > > bk://kernel.bkbits.net/gregkh/linux/driver-2.6) so it will show up in > > the next -mm release. > > Debugfs is a very natural name, but it will undoubtedly cause > confusion since we already have debugfs(8) in e2fsprogs. One is a > filesystem, and the other is a user-mode command, so it's not a total > name collision, but it could cause some communication mixups. > > On the other hand, I couldn't think of a better name, so perhaps we > should just live with it. I did want to point out the potential > problem now while there's still a chance to change it, though....
I agree about the name clash (I pointed it out in my original debugfs post) and like you, I couldn't think of a better name either.
Think of it like a trademark, they both have the same name, yet they live in different locations, hence they are both allowed to exist :)
thanks,
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