Re: kernel frameworks for jumbo frame

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>]

> On Mar 9, 2019, at 3:27 AM, Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost> wrote:
>> Do you have a better name to suggest?  Because Jumbo Cluster is
>> about the best name I can think of (and so does FreeBSD).
> 
> I'm not sure Martin was entirely serious.  I bet those few of us that
> are triggered by "JCL" can survive it.  :)
> 
> FreeBSD already uses "jcl" for jumbo clusters so it's probably a good
> idea to stay as consistent as possible even if we don't borrow the api
> verbatim.

If we don't take the API verbatim (I don't think we should), I don't see much use in keeping annoyingly short names.  Besides, "jumbo" might seem like a ridiculous size-judgement in 5 years ("16K are **tiny** packets!  Those old guys!  Hilarious!")

Personally, I also have a problem with the use of "cluster" in the name, because it refers directly to how these larger buffers were implemented when the API first sprang into existence, but I stuck with it in my previous comments on the subject for lack of a better naming idea.

-- thorpej