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Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 5:57 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Mcnamara, John; De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: announce driver name changes
>=20
> Driver names for all the supported devices in DPDK do not have
> a naming convention. Some are using a prefix, some are not
> and some have long names. Driver names are used when creating
> virtual devices, so it is useful to have consistency in the names.
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>=20
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index f502f86..37d65c8 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -41,3 +41,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
>  * The mempool functions for single/multi producer/consumer are
> deprecated and
>    will be removed in 16.11.
>    It is replaced by rte_mempool_generic_get/put functions.
> +
> +* Driver names are quite inconsistent among each others and they will be
> +  renamed to something more consistent (net_ prefix for net drivers and
> +  crypto_ for crypto drivers) in 16.11. Some of these driver names are u=
sed
> +  publicly, to create virtual devices, so a deprecation notice is necess=
ary.
> --
> 2.7.4

Any more comments on this (apart from Christian Ehrhardt's)?