++ adding more people here,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 11:36 AM
> To: Raslan Darawsheh <rasl...@nvidia.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; ferruh.yi...@intel.com; Gal Cohen (ProdM)
> <ga...@nvidia.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] devtools: add E-Switch keyword for commit checks
> 
> 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 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
> 
> 

Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh

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