From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f44.google.com (mail-wm0-f44.google.com [74.125.82.44]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2E1A5599 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:20:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f44.google.com with SMTP id i5so68707943wmg.0 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 07:20:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=yViUaVE8Xgs5ccb6t+l1RBDJ9TT0TshiKd5H5foJFaA=; b=tV/arAYCZ1OT365Fw/54t6r5gD/NaOH9U7dZAb4wSZ2brIIX2yv/8PMFWzKHbFSquy 1lZi5oIh6Zt3P9kYa3aYtzv9x/GnwyrMm4pFb6opW3t0ilvA6BYbxAvzdlSwhn99tlIh y1zgJLwb0eL9lNJ6CWhdY9Bg5FGm3PYi0hs5IOhGb+sPR5AIp6KTU9EybIiU8J4bH9tn TQCNGQMBxI1BULvJpILHKYbBXvPt9bBAiRfFT1zeRBlThArM+JIOtNT8P2ZxlrdaMS4y 9Y4MIVYWsoWiOzyPRtj4HOHCAcHr+7DDBKtlL0YLxhcJOWLPACpRs1TBvkZc5P6Xga08 hNng== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=yViUaVE8Xgs5ccb6t+l1RBDJ9TT0TshiKd5H5foJFaA=; b=l13jHkupYUVY58WfSPIgu8dboZ/HX2jKJmAXYFWUlY5O39xH4l3UZZ3+HhwCuYkEYB D9Anfe7rtMEAh16Zlhe45DV4wfTWdq70cJzYDTivxt+GqpiMCKJUQxODmeo9cvREI9mm 2bw8kxWNJu1OnSLDeKXmw/l0jdOg5ciOmqb6kiw+wU0mvAE/WI3RXtUAJUxyFcwEGnB4 OqUcXUtTbK/v6OBuS+gxEB3YrbOB8Y8DHmOM1rzq/5r98L4LTruCKqs/F+0aFV2ZoX3U dlNxKW+xKc79K71GN0SMZ/w8jOWqleNxgkeCPui25RjFFvOozJi88OQBqwX35p5kGLV9 R4XQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkooutWGLWD4yToAHMhy9cdpufPM1zcGV8CS3A05NhJaXPok3tBhhm523k2zggF9ExCsB9P X-Received: by 10.194.148.19 with SMTP id to19mr1334334wjb.81.1469197218446; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 07:20:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xps13.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net. [77.134.203.184]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a203sm13024894wma.0.2016.07.22.07.20.17 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 22 Jul 2016 07:20:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: "De Lara Guarch, Pablo" , "Yigit, Ferruh" Cc: dev@dpdk.org, "Mcnamara, John" Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:20:16 +0200 Message-ID: <5742496.VNQb1jlzTk@xps13> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.5.4-1-ARCH; KDE/4.14.11; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: <1468083394-94907-1-git-send-email-pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com> <57921D2E.20604@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce driver name changes 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: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:20:18 -0000 2016-07-22 14:15, De Lara Guarch, Pablo: > From: Yigit, Ferruh > > For physical net devices, driver name is same as folder name (mlnx5, > > ixgbe ...) > > > > For virtual net devices, driver name is folder name with "eth_" prefix > > (eth_pcap, eth_ring) > > > > Driver names for net devices looks consistent already, I don't know > > about crypto devices but if crypto driver names are inconsistent what do > > you think renaming crypto drivers only? > > Sure, as long as virtual Ethernet devices are consistent, I think it is ok. > My main intention here was to have consistent (and short) driver names, > to call rte_eal_vdev_init (or --vdev in command line). It is important to rename every drivers with net and crypto prefixes. The long term goal is to have a consistent command line specification to pass parameters to any device/driver (virtual or physical).