From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-lf0-f65.google.com (mail-lf0-f65.google.com [209.85.215.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD00637B8 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:26:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-lf0-f65.google.com with SMTP id x23so27453853lfi.1 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:26:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=TJSxHezZ/rnlNCT1kLF5t2xGA9d2MS38zupWr2QKqWA=; b=pJMNtrC+UAMv0t0MgbRnpGxkFlpXcuDjWAjCz2zuXr2NIjfPijDexres6snG4QJPSM Itw/QCmQ77XqJahnb/AQQDdme/4JaSLyzcPNwABPV/BGYCL/tuEalKm6xzzYACxGjGGs 3YvOiOJfXCrKD9cLohZHqOcMCZNJbf2Sv+mTvLTLPnKwB53VKAAGmOpZ0fAFkZqplLDk kHmH1f10h4KBkaYzIEXQqetMA90nDHkQtFFYF939cg8SgSsj7Gh5hb6urGAeFAgJpLOs 2QLG84y7Ff+eWzUZ3ZZy47Kj8KMjAuiCcZPhxRhPmfwbGMj/bNGIcxbLd4arid62p5vS ByFw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=TJSxHezZ/rnlNCT1kLF5t2xGA9d2MS38zupWr2QKqWA=; b=cgxl4qTlpQG4QciQf5OEx/TpaWiOv4RlVUImV2+1nUwEeIli4ch29wbfOspQRYqMlH 3i5rYmXzLAQw8Bz2jwCVLwlpFQcEG+CGoikpn0DEiog5ybh4A65T9a+27mm+4FDcGUP7 RRSeILMZkjPnHx24Gvxb0r8RHUieYJ4IMAPKPXGVyecZIjoi4RgtS1Xv1IqPAHLgHRKW +qTUl4PN2KZF5/GkDBy6ndy2bUj8VjokOc/XeplxzsbwpJj+ZSyUSlPi2M0cWq4rR5cs g0h1OMeC2L6zCgnStzfyvjxEM9AZYrU9xKjQQyK5l4Q0jn3HIRasHWuCfyaOImDS8FoP 0Uaw== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9RmkuWgGGs6Yt/IrlRCcFfVM06qGY+Tf7/jfBLq0s0hnpD8MQG1bSRyw+l1oBZpwE5JI0BH6W79sxDifig== X-Received: by 10.194.89.71 with SMTP id bm7mr557968wjb.207.1476804383253; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:26:23 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: jblunck@gmail.com Received: by 10.28.216.195 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:26:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <10195497.iZAVVgVpbs@xps13> References: <1472077494-164532-1-git-send-email-pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com> <20161018130615.GK16751@yliu-dev.sh.intel.com> <10195497.iZAVVgVpbs@xps13> From: Jan Blunck Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:26:22 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: bgsiZEZi4vksoUbFXIG2lzC4cl4 Message-ID: To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: Yuanhan Liu , "De Lara Guarch, Pablo" , dev@dpdk.org, "Mcnamara, John" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] drivers: make driver names consistent 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: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:26:24 -0000 On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 2016-10-18 21:06, Yuanhan Liu: >> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 02:50:16PM +0200, Jan Blunck wrote: >> > >From my understanding this is a massive API breakage. This forces all >> > existing users of the virtual PMDs to change with zero benefit. Even >> > if that isn't enough it also makes it impossible to switch between >> > releases by recompiling. >> > >> > Can we please revert these changes and work on some aliasing support >> > for the PMDs to fix it long term? >> >> +1. Aliasing is also something I would suggest before making such renames. > > It is a brutal change, yes. > It was announced in 16.07 release notes though. > "But the plans were on display ..." (HHGTTG) > We can try to make this change more progressive by keeping old names > as aliases for some time. > Is there a volunteer to work on vdev names aliases, > with the target of integrating them in RC2 or RC3? > I'll give it a try ...