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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] virtio/vdev: add a new vdev named
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2016-04-22 15:26, Tan, Jianfeng:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> On 4/21/2016 6:05 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 2016-04-21 02:56, Jianfeng Tan:
> >> Add a new virtual device named eth_cvio, it can be used just like
> >> eth_ring, eth_null, etc.
> > Why this name eth_cvio?
> > Why the prefix eth_?
> > The virtio-net driver uses a kernel device. Here it is a userland device.
> > Why not virtio-user?
> 
> I was looking for an appropriate name for this device; have tried a lot, 
> but none is good enough. Thank you for your advice virtio-user.
> The prefix eth_ is to keep the same style with eth_ring, eth_null.
> So how about eth_virtio_user?

I prefer not adding eth_. Just my opinion.