On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 3:07 AM Raslan Darawsheh <rasl...@nvidia.com> wrote: > > ++ 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 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 > > > > > > Kindest regards, > Raslan Darawsheh
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