On Jan 14, 2008 9:37 PM, Ethan Quach <ethan.quach at sun.com> wrote: > > Only other comment I have is the same as Cyril: is there a reason that > > parts of the hierarchy name are all uppercase (e.g. "ROOT")? >
>From http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=354#c2 : > The <pool>/ROOT dataset is a *special* dataset used by the BE management > software to house the root datasets of all zfs BEs. Because its special, > we chose to uppercased it. This part isn't customizable during the installer > nor should it be changed after installation. Ethan, I can live with uppercased default naming scheme - I, personally, find it not aesthetically pleasant, but that is just me. However, you assertion that it shouldn't be changed neither during installation, nor afterwards makes me really uncomfortable. Can you, please, elaborate more on what are the reasons for making the naming immutable ? -- Regards, Cyril
