Re: [PATCH v2 00/27] Add support for OpenCAPI SCM devices

Alastair D'Silva
2019-12-03T04:01:33Z

On Mon, 2019-12-02 at 19:50 -0800, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 02:46:28PM +1100, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> > This series adds support for OpenCAPI SCM devices, exposing
>
> Could we _not_ introduce yet another term for persistent memory?
>

"Storage Class Memory" is an industry wide term, and is used repeatedly
in the device specifications. It's not something that has been pulled
out of thin air.

The term is also already in use within the 'papr_scm' driver.

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