From: "Wiles, Keith" <keith.wiles@intel.com>
To: "Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
"Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com>,
"Kovacevic, Marko" <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
"Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: rename folder to library name
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 13:17:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D4592F2-7C34-489E-BBAD-A3E8422FD468@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180403092859.71589-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> On Apr 3, 2018, at 4:28 AM, Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> wrote:
>
> Library folder name and output library name are same except a few flaws
> including librte_ether.
>
> This library is network device abstraction layer, the name "ethdev" fits
> better than "ether", and library & header files already named as ethdev.
>
> Also there is a rte_ether.h in the net library which can cause confusion.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> ---
> Not sure if the we are ready for this change J
>
> This is one the issues that the hassle of the change doesn't worth the
> benefit and you may prefer to live with the flaw.
>
> Also a concern is this breaks the git history.
I believe as long as you used ‘git mv’ the git history should not be broken, correct?
> ---
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-03 13:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-03 9:28 Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-03 9:58 ` Bruce Richardson
2018-04-03 10:24 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-03 10:57 ` Bruce Richardson
2018-04-03 12:20 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-03 12:33 ` Bruce Richardson
2018-04-03 13:23 ` Wiles, Keith
2018-04-03 13:17 ` Wiles, Keith [this message]
2018-04-03 13:29 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-03 16:43 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-04 0:50 ` Jerin Jacob
2018-04-26 21:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-27 0:08 ` Ferruh Yigit
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