ipcpd: Use the term "layer" and deprecate "shim"

This changes the terminology to use layer instead of DIF and deprecate
the word "shim" for the IPCPs that attach to Ethernet LLC and UDP .The
terminology has not yet been changed in the variable names etc.

This reflects the design choices in Ouroboros to make IPCPs pure
resource allocators instead of also providing an "IPC service". The
Ouroboros IPCPs that attach to Ethernet and UDP implement the
allocator and are thus not really shims.

Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/doc/man/ouroboros-glossary.7 b/doc/man/ouroboros-glossary.7
index 5f9425f6..3b3e69f1 100644
--- a/doc/man/ouroboros-glossary.7
+++ b/doc/man/ouroboros-glossary.7
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ in the IRMd.
 .PP
 bootstrap
 .RS 4
-to configure an IPCP and start it as the first member of a DIF.
+to configure an IPCP and start it as the first member of a layer.
 .RE
 
 .PP
 congestion control
 .RS 4
-the mechanism by which a server DIF controls its resources and
+the mechanism by which a server layer controls its resources and
 prevents its client processes from sending more information than it
 can currently handle. This is orthogonal to flow control.
 .RE
@@ -49,17 +49,11 @@ Table.
 .RE
 
 .PP
-distributed IPC facility (DIF)
-.RS 4
-deprecate?
-.RE
-
-.PP
 enrolment
 .RS 4
-the action of connecting to a member of an existing DIF, retrieving
+the action of connecting to a member of an existing layer, retrieving
 the bootstrap information and starting the IPCP as a new member of
-that DIF.
+that layer.
 .RE
 
 .PP