Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:48:38 -0800 From: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> To: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: swapoff code comitted. Message-ID: <20021217054838.GA21287@HAL9000.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20021215223540.GA601@unixpages.org> References: <200212151946.gBFJktmo090730@apollo.backplane.com> <20021215223540.GA601@unixpages.org>
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Thus spake Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org>: > How about renaming swapon(8) into swapctl(8) after this function enhancement? > This name reflects it's purpose much better and would be consistent with the > other BSDs. It would be trivial to change the name, although I don't see what it buys you. NetBSD changed the name because they wanted to be able to set swap device priority and do other things through the same interface. From previous conversations, I gather that swap device priority is not a particularly desired feature for FreeBSD, and it would probably require rewriting the entire swap subsystem again in any case. Unless you intend to extend the interface further, having swapctl seems to me like changing mount/umount to mountctl. That's not to say I'm opposed to the idea, just that I don't care one way or the other. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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