From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>,
"jerinj@marvell.com" <jerinj@marvell.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
"ferruh.yigit@intel.com" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
"Gal Cohen (ProdM)" <galco@nvidia.com>,
Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] devtools: add E-Switch keyword for commit checks
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 20:43:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3028651.ktpJ11cQ8Q@thomas> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACZ4nhv1bqiVpPEOFi-5h-AiuRFfJGEmjGE9WAtRVouAOwSkSA@mail.gmail.com>
24/02/2022 20:20, Ajit Khaparde:
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 3:07 AM Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com> wrote:
> >
> > ++ adding more people here,
> >
> > From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > > 24/02/2022 10:26, Raslan Darawsheh:
> > > > This adds the syntax for E-Switch to have check on how it suppose to
> > > > be for commits
> > > [...]
> > > > +E-Switch
> > >
> > > It looks Mellanox people use this syntax in Linux kernel as well.
> > > Where does it come from? Is it a Mellanox-only wording?
>
> I think it was coined around the time when Mellanox submitted the
> kernel driver patchset in 2015.
> https://lwn.net/Articles/666180/
>
> I think it has become a fairly used term since that time.
>
> > >
> > I don't think it's a Mellanox only wording see the following:
> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/devlink/devlink-port.html?#devlink-port
> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/switchdev.html
> >
> > > Intuitively, I would have written it eSwitch generally.
> > I would go with E-Switch
> > > It means "embedded switch", right?
> > In kernel, it's Ethernet Switch device.
> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/switchdev.html
Forgotten and Applied (very late), thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-28 18:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-24 9:26 Raslan Darawsheh
2022-02-24 9:35 ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-02-24 11:07 ` Raslan Darawsheh
2022-02-24 19:20 ` Ajit Khaparde
2023-03-28 18:43 ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
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