cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/netinet tcp_ofld.c tcp_ofld.h tcp_var.h toedev.h src/sys/sys socket.h

Alexey Dokuchaev danfe at FreeBSD.org
Fri Dec 14 08:15:00 PST 2007


On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 10:44:33PM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
> > 1.1       +126 -0    src/sys/netinet/tcp_ofld.c (new)
> > 1.1       +198 -0    src/sys/netinet/tcp_ofld.h (new)
> 
> I consider that just for the archives ..
> 
> .. but is there a reason you abbreviated those file names like that?
> It's not like we live with 8.3 contrainsts.
> 
> The first time I parsed it as "of ld", then realiazed it should be
> "off ld" and then wondered why it wasn't just "offload" like it is
> "syncache" or "timewait" or "hostcache"?
> 
> And yes, I wondered the same about the functions names, ...
> 
> Was that spelling inherited from another implementation/standard/whatever?

+1.  If there are no special heritage behind these names, I would also like
to see them expanded.

Thanks.

./danfe


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