From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga04.intel.com (mga04.intel.com [192.55.52.120]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C990377E for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:29:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga104.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 28 Jul 2016 04:29:32 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.28,433,1464678000"; d="scan'208";a="1015449055" Received: from irsmsx104.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.3.159]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 28 Jul 2016 04:29:30 -0700 Received: from irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.7.102]) by IRSMSX104.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.5.203]) with mapi id 14.03.0248.002; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:29:29 +0100 From: "Ananyev, Konstantin" To: "dev@dpdk.org" CC: "Thomas Monjalon (thomas.monjalon@6wind.com)" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce renaming of ethdev library Thread-Index: AQHR51n84iZJz1GCikuzHvvAbwxUw6AtlMkAgAAhX5D//+/mAIAAEQkA Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 11:29:29 +0000 Message-ID: <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB97725836B8AAC4@irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <1469550141-24038-1-git-send-email-thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB97725836B8AAA2@irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-IE, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.182] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce renaming of ethdev library X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 11:29:32 -0000 > > The right name of ethdev should be dpdk_netdev. However: > 1/ We are using rte_ prefix in the code and library names. > 2/ The API uses rte_ethdev > That's why 16.11 will just have the rte_ prefix prepended to the > library filename as every other libraries. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index f502f86..7a55037 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Deprecation Notices > * The log history is deprecated. > It is voided in 16.07 and will be removed in release 16.11. > > +* The ethdev library file will be renamed from libethdev.* to > +librte_ethdev.* > + in release 16.11 in order to have a more consistent namespace. > + > * The ethdev hotplug API is going to be moved to EAL with a > notification > mechanism added to crypto and ethdev libraries so that hotplug > is > now > available to both of them. This API will be stripped of the > device arguments > -- Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev > 2.7.0