Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 07/13] libxl: convert libxl_device_nic_add to an async operation

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2012-06-28 at 10:53 +0100, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Roger Pau Monne writes ("Re: [PATCH v6 07/13] libxl: convert 
> > libxl_device_nic_add to an async operation"):
> >> Ian Jackson wrote:
> >>> Should we rename the functions libxl_*nic* or the structures *vif* ?
> >>> Or should we rename both, to "net" perhaps ?
> >> I think we should either rename the strucutres to nic also (because the
> >> also hold ioemu cards), or get rid of nic/vif an name everything net.
> >
> > Can you try to rename everything to `net' and see if that turns out to
> > be an impenetrable yak ?
> 
> I think it is much more easy to rename everything to nic, which provides 
> the same level of abstraction from my PoV. Renaming everything to net 
> it's a rather very big change. Would you be ok with that change?

I'd be happy with nic, I think it fits better with libxl_device_disk
anyway. (if it were libxl_device_net would be more analogous to
libxl_device_storage or something)

Ian.



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