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From: Tomasz Duszynski <tdu@semihalf.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto/mrvl: rename PMD to mvsam
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 07:31:11 +0200
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On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 10:38:12AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 19:22:00 +0200
> Tomasz Duszynski <tdu@semihalf.com> wrote:
>
> > Picking a company stock ticker for a PMD name might not be a best appro=
ach
> > in a long run since name is too generic.
> >
> > This patch addresses that and renames mrvl to mvsam.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Natalie Samsonov <nsamsono@marvell.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Duszynski <tdu@semihalf.com>
>
> I would prefer that the device name is the same as Linux or BSD.
> It makes life easier for multiple OS maintenance.
>

I understand your concern but since DPDK MRVL PMDs are based on external
MUSDK library, PMDs names are library centric, i.e we have mvpp2
NET PMD both in library (not prefixed) and in DPDK tree. Ideally the same
should apply to CRYPTO part and for the other future drivers as well.

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- Tomasz Duszy=C5=84ski