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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ethdev: remove driver name from device
	private data
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:58:02 +0200
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06/06/2017 17:10, Ferruh Yigit:
> rte_driver->name has the driver name and all physical and virtual
> devices has access to it.
> 
> Previously it was not possible for virtual ethernet devices to access
> rte_driver->name field (because eth_dev used to keep only pci_dev),
> and it was required to save driver name in the device private struct.
> 
> After re-works on bus and vdev, it is possible for all bus types to
> access rte_driver.
> 
> It is able to remove the driver name from ethdev device private data and
> use eth_dev->device->driver->name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> ---
> Cc: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>
> Cc: Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org>
> 
> v2:
> * rebase on latest next-net

This patch must be applied after merging next-net.
Do you plan a pull request soon?