On Sat, Jul 09, 2016 at 05:56:34PM +0100, Pablo de Lara wrote:
> Driver names for all the supported devices in DPDK do not have
> a naming convention. Some are using a prefix, some are not
> and some have long names. Driver names are used when creating
> virtual devices, so it is useful to have con
> > Driver names for all the supported devices in DPDK do not have
> > a naming convention. Some are using a prefix, some are not
> > and some have long names. Driver names are used when creating
> > virtual devices, so it is useful to have consistency in the names.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pablo de
On 07/09/2016 06:56 PM, Pablo de Lara wrote:
> Driver names for all the supported devices in DPDK do not have
> a naming convention. Some are using a prefix, some are not
> and some have long names. Driver names are used when creating
> virtual devices, so it is useful to have consistency in the
2016-07-22 17:13, Adrien Mazarguil:
> > > >> From: De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> > > >>> Driver names for all the supported devices in DPDK do not have
> > > >>> a naming convention. Some are using a prefix, some are not
> > > >>> and some have long names. Driver names are used when creating
> > > >>> vi
On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 02:15:39PM +, De Lara Guarch, Pablo wrote:
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Yigit, Ferruh
> > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 2:19 PM
> > To: De Lara Guarch, Pablo; dev at dpdk.org; Mcnamara, John
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-de
2016-07-22 14:15, De Lara Guarch, Pablo:
> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> > For physical net devices, driver name is same as folder name (mlnx5,
> > ixgbe ...)
> >
> > For virtual net devices, driver name is folder name with "eth_" prefix
> > (eth_pcap, eth_ring)
> >
> > Driver names for net devices looks
Hi Pablo,
On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 12:37:22PM +, De Lara Guarch, Pablo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 5:57 PM
> > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > Cc: Mcnamara, John; De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> > Subject: [PATCH] doc: announc
On 7/22/2016 1:54 PM, Adrien Mazarguil wrote:
> Hi Pablo,
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 12:37:22PM +, De Lara Guarch, Pablo wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: De Lara Guarch, Pablo
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 5:57 PM
>>> To: dev at dpdk.org
>>> Cc: Mcnamara, John; De
> -Original Message-
> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 2:19 PM
> To: De Lara Guarch, Pablo; dev at dpdk.org; Mcnamara, John
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce driver name changes
>
> On 7/22/2016 1:54 PM, Adrien Mazarguil wrote:
>
Hi,
> -Original Message-
> From: De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 5:57 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Mcnamara, John; De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: announce driver name changes
>
> Driver names for all the supported devices in DPDK do not have
> a nami
Hi,
I'm all in for consistent naming and this "only" is the deprecation notice
ahead of time which is great.
Looking ahead I wanted to ask for opinions if more than just me would
consider it useful to keep aliases on the old names when the rename happens.
That way any sort of old config would cont
Driver names for all the supported devices in DPDK do not have
a naming convention. Some are using a prefix, some are not
and some have long names. Driver names are used when creating
virtual devices, so it is useful to have consistency in the names.
Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara
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