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

[Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Campbell wrote:
> 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)
Done, I've added a pre-patch to rename every *vif* to nic.


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