On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:38:16 +0100
Joerg.Schilling at fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling) wrote:

> "James C. McPherson" <James.McPherson at Sun.COM> wrote:
> 
> > > That is the reason for trying to use a generic name for a utility
> > > that only works with a limited subset of SCSI devices?
> >
> >
> > Hi Joerg,
> > I don't understand your question.
> 
> If you would be able to do a firmware upgrade with various CD/DVD
> writers, I would see no problem with using a generic name. Otherwise,
> please a more descriptive name.

Part of the point in being pluggable is genericity.

The architecture which I am proposing is generic enough
to support flashing HBA firmware as well as direct-attach
devices such as disks, CD/DVD-ROM and tape drives. 

The name "fwflash" was suggested by PSARC in an earlier
case and agreed to by that particular project team. 

In your opinion, which aspect of the name "fwflash" is
not descriptive enough, and what do you suggest we call
this utility instead?


 
James C. McPherson
--
Senior Kernel Software Engineer, Solaris
Sun Microsystems
http://blogs.sun.com/jmcp       http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog

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