From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94D40A00C3; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 16:26:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7289B4067C; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 16:26:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B8A54014F; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 16:26:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BE9F5C017D; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 10:26:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 21 Sep 2022 10:26:16 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:date:from:from :in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm2; t=1663770376; x= 1663856776; bh=GOO4x8C2OsrZPe7A39+QJ+pliaU0qXdLS1BdBw5O86I=; b=p Ox2RkjDV+ngbavKYjXMMnIEGVTOd0BSRwTErjL+NotklA0emFzniDEwVse6jHtg4 IA86BermP4NMnCkhjrV8bKr+UUDTJBApDbKHNYbJaPpmlgKqwcK6atejvsbK/Bzw J7BJ/O+IdWv4gQznzFmslaLrY6JljltwLfMgHkM/OcTT7/zGcQpH5+D4OgwtGNy3 xEsqLHcfG5FhMsM81solUvWcJGXzy/eYJtgrw88bpHqWLwuIgRP1OSS/YM5tt6HH NXtUqpnfHkXIkcA3cEjruQXo0y+pfiNZiRdBriXARQUKWnIQ91EAfVyx9JZa/aGh NOguIzkVYt2ZrnyuLLtkw== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from :in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; t=1663770376; x= 1663856776; bh=GOO4x8C2OsrZPe7A39+QJ+pliaU0qXdLS1BdBw5O86I=; b=0 TpDwhy/7C8nBMvUKSzVEMCiPClMQLoRB5HdkuWLYyi/9zUJBygjozL3H3A0SeAf4 Ef1IHqkwWotj18wnV9D8f7xkYIfvwOkSJ8wz2DtRFwqiX6y/5+feMYbmZmDqKy9a XxQFV0oCzZlkY7RNeMTX15wj1uXA2S3adoP98lDAob/HLVF/GWHzBdCoRlRI4Jxy IO1scfFSWE6KyiFfs7o6o6JRfFuv0GPkkuvx8jpoEvF+U/2NHF1/BP42+pGc1ANo +Rkvg2+9q1wO8JT4e6bFPjWZmDvSqCDbYF3ocnkUlzODMt+NcTB70jcRa1QYQkwn /Qavn2Fa60b1B0+1ISWWA== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvfedrfeefuddgjeeiucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvvefufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhm rghsucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenuc ggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpedtjeeiieefhedtfffgvdelteeufeefheeujefgueetfedttdei kefgkeduhedtgfenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfh hrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvght X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 10:26:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: "John W. Linville" , Chas Williams , "Min Hu (Connor)" , Liron Himi , Tetsuya Mukawa , Harman Kalra , Bruce Richardson , Matan Azrad , Maxime Coquelin , Chenbo Xia , Ferruh Yigit Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Andrew Rybchenko , Stephen Hemminger , techboard@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove alias for virtual devices Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 16:26:11 +0200 Message-ID: <37814289.10thIPus4b@thomas> In-Reply-To: <20220921133451.4164506-1-ferruh.yigit@amd.com> References: <20220921133451.4164506-1-ferruh.yigit@amd.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org I think this patch requires a techboard vote as it is dropping some user-facing naming. 21/09/2022 15:34, Ferruh Yigit: > Virtual devices are probed/matched based on name, and this name is user > facing value, since device name is provided by user as eal '--vdev' > parameter, like: > `dpdk-testpmd --vdev net_null0`. > > The current name format is 'net_', but previously it was > 'eth_', and an alias to legacy naming format was introduced > for backward compatibility. > Commit 9fa80cb26bd0 ("net: register aliases for renamed vdev drivers") > > Since new device name format is around for 6 years, removing alias for > legacy naming. > > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit > --- > Alias for device name is used by other device abstraction layers too, > ('crypto', 'baseband', 'raw'), since I am not aware of their maturity > level, leaving them out in this patch.