Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 6:19 AM > To: Shaw, Jeffrey B > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/18] lib/librte_pmd_fm10k : fm10k pmd > driver > > 2015-01-30 13:46, Jeff Shaw: > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 04:26:33PM -0500, Neil Horman wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 01:07:16PM +0800, Chen Jing D(Mark) wrote: > > > > From: "Chen Jing D(Mark)" <jing.d.chen at intel.com> > > > > Jeff Shaw (18): > > > > fm10k: add base driver > [...] > > > > lib/librte_pmd_fm10k/SHARED/fm10k_api.c | 327 ++++ > [...] > > > > > > Why is there a SHARED directory in the driver? Are there other drivers > that use > > > the shared fm10k code? > > > > No, the other poll-mode drivers do not use the shared fm10k code. The > > directory is similar to the 'ixgbe' and 'i40e' directories in their > > respective PMDs, only that it is named 'SHARED' for the fm10k driver. > > So shared is a bad name in the context of DPDK. > Inside Intel, it can be understood that you share it between projects, > but in DPDK, it's only a base driver. >
OK, I'll change "SHARED" to "fm10k". > -- > Thomas
