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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-tools] [RFC] xm interface proposed changes

> > In fact, are network and block the right nouns?
> > Would vblock/vnetif be better?
>
> It seems to me that network and block are known concepts, and the user is
> already in a virtual control environment, so the "virtual" part should be
> implied by the fact that you are running xm in the first place.  So I would
> lean towards network or netif and block directly without the "v".  However,
> I don't feel all that strongly about it, so whatever you like there is
> fine.

I'm inclined to agree with you here; as long as we don't ever have xm doing 
any non-virtual things it should be unambiguous.  Even then, we could use a 
"p" prefix (or similar) to denote physical ops in preference.

Cheers,
Mark

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