Re: CVS commit: src/sbin/fsck_ffs

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

lukem%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:

> On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 08:52:40PM +0900, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
>   | > Log Message:
>   | > Use "FFSv2" instead of "UFS2".
 :
>   | "FFSv2" seems used only in NetBSD world (derived from lfsv2 or libsa?)
> 
> I initiated a discussion related to the inconsistent use of
> "FFS" (and "FFSv#") versus "UFS (and "UFS#") in late March:
>     http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-userlevel/2009/03/31/msg002003.html
> 
> I think it is confusing to end users to use the terms "FFS"
> and "UFS" interchangebly in program output and documentation.
> 
> The names of our tools have "ffs" in them (not "ufs").
> We generally use "FFS" (instead of "UFS") in various documentation.

It's okay to consistently use "ffs" for commands or arguments,
but the original McKusick's papar calls the new file system "UFS2".

http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1250981
>> This paper describes a new version of the fast filesystem, UFS2,
>> designed to run on multi-terabyte storage systems.

AFAIK there is no explicit definition what our FFSv2 means,
so we should note that NetBSD calls the UFS2 "FFSv2"
(or just use "FFSv2 (UFS2)" etc.) in some man pages and related docs.
(and also add the UFS2 paper into the SEE ALSO section?)
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Izumi Tsutsui