From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Monjalon Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: move testpmd guide with other tools Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:32:08 +0100 Message-ID: <1906296.HH4v2XMqA4@xps13> References: <1478599358-15921-1-git-send-email-thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> <2696537.77E6llNtKT@xps13> <87C731C3-474F-4C2D-9526-13CFDD1172E1@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: "Mcnamara, John" , dev@dpdk.org, Christian Ehrhardt , "Richardson, Bruce" To: "Wiles, Keith" Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f53.google.com (mail-wm0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB4E0D4BE for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:32:11 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f53.google.com with SMTP id g23so70268259wme.1 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:32:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87C731C3-474F-4C2D-9526-13CFDD1172E1@intel.com> List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 2016-11-10 23:18, Wiles, Keith: > > On Nov 10, 2016, at 5:02 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 2016-11-10 16:11, Mcnamara, John: > >> The problem is that TestPMD is a bit of an outlier. It isn't a sample application and it isn't really a test application despite the name (it is more of a tester application). Also I don't think that it is a tool/utility like the other apps in the target directory (if it is seen as a tool then it should be renamed to something like dpdk-tester for consistency). Testpmd also has quite a lot of documentation, more than any of our other apps or utilities, which again makes it an outlier. > > > > Yes testpmd is not the same kind of tool as others. It helps for tests, > > debugging and demos. > > > > About the name, as it is packaged as part of the runtime, I think we should > > find a better name. As you said it should start with "dpdk-" and it should > > contain "net" as it does not test the crypto drivers. > > Something like dpdk-testpmd-net. > > To me the name dpdk-testpmd-net is a bit long and does testpmd really just test PMDs. I was thinking of the name dpdk-tester is really pretty short and descriptive IMO. Adding net or pmd to the name does not really add anything as dpdk is kind of networking. Just my $0.04 worth. I tend to agree. dpdk-tester is not so bad. So this application could be able to test the crypto engines?