From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pablo de Lara Subject: [PATCH] doc: announce driver name changes Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 17:56:34 +0100 Message-ID: <1468083394-94907-1-git-send-email-pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com> Cc: john.mcnamara@intel.com, Pablo de Lara To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 138BE2946 for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2016 18:55:47 +0200 (CEST) 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" 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 --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index f502f86..37d65c8 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -41,3 +41,8 @@ Deprecation Notices * The mempool functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated and will be removed in 16.11. It is replaced by rte_mempool_generic_get/put functions. + +* Driver names are quite inconsistent among each others and they will be + renamed to something more consistent (net_ prefix for net drivers and + crypto_ for crypto drivers) in 16.11. Some of these driver names are used + publicly, to create virtual devices, so a deprecation notice is necessary. -- 2.7.4