From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Maxime Coquelin Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: announce driver name changes Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:22:27 +0200 Message-ID: <9443d70d-ff29-9b4c-1a68-09738699fd05@redhat.com> References: <1468083394-94907-1-git-send-email-pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: john.mcnamara@intel.com To: Pablo de Lara , dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2BAB378B for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:22:30 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <1468083394-94907-1-git-send-email-pablo.de.lara.guarch@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" 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 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. Consistency is better. Out of curiosity, will a deprecation message be displayed at least or virtual interfaces if probe is tried with deprecated name? Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin Thanks, Maxime