Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] examples/skeleton-cat: PQoS CAT and CDP, example of libpqos usage

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 05:03:23PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2016-03-11 15:54, Kantecki, Tomasz:
> > > > +Basic Forwarding sample application is a simple *skeleton* example of
> > > > +a forwarding application. It has been extended to make use of CAT via
> > > > +extended command line options and linking against the libpqos library.
> > > 
> > > The skeleton aims to show a minimal piece of code (but bigger than hello
> > > world).
> > > For any other usage, I think the "l2fwd" name is more appropriate.
> > > 
> > > > +DIRS-y += skeleton-cat
> > > 
> > 
> > We have used skeleton app as basis for this sample code. It is just to keep it as simple as possible.
> > Wouldn't it be confusing if we use "l2fwd" name for skeleton app functionality?
> 
> I'm not sure.
> We need more opinions.

Skeleton app does do a form of l2 forwarding, just without editing the mac addresses.
I don't think having "skeleton" in the name of derived apps is a good thing, so
I would vote for an l2fwd-based name.

/Bruce