Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/2] standardize rawdev names

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

05/07/2019 11:38, Thomas Monjalon:
> 05/07/2019 11:35, Bruce Richardson:
> > On Fri, Jul 05, 2019 at 10:33:59AM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > > The names of the rawdev drivers and the resultant libraries they built
> > > were pretty inconsistent. In terms of directory names, some had "rawdev"
> > > in the name, e.g. skeleton_rawdev, ifpga_rawdev, while others didn't.
> > > Also, for the built .so/.a libraries, the names were not always
> > > consistent between make and meson, as, while meson enforced a consistent
> > > naming scheme, make did not, leading to differences - especially for
> > > those drivers with "rawdev" in the directory name.
> > > 
> > > This patchset attempts to make things more standardized by removing
> > > "rawdev" from all directory names - the drivers are in the "drivers/raw"
> > > directory after all - and then standardizing the library names to
> > > "librte_rawdev_<name>" for both make and meson.
> > > 
> > > Bruce Richardson (2): drivers/raw: remove rawdev from driver directory
> > > names drivers/raw: standardize name format of rawdev drivers
> > > 
> > Since the .so/.a files we produce are changing, would this patchset - if
> > accepted - need a deprecation notice in 19.08 for a future 19.11 merge?
> 
> I would say we can merge it in 19.08 without prior notice.
> Any other opinion?

Cc Neil