> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 9:56 AM
> To: Sathesh B Edara <sed...@marvell.com>; Veerasenareddy Burru
> <vbu...@marvell.com>
> Cc: Ray Kinsella <m...@ashroe.eu>; Satananda Burla <sbu...@marvell.com>;
> Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jer...@marvell.com>; Pradeep Kumar Nalla
> <pna...@marvell.com>; Radha Chintakuntla <rad...@marvell.com>;
> dev@dpdk.org; david.march...@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] drivers: rename octeon ep PMD
>
> 07/06/2022 18:18, Veerasenareddy Burru:
> > From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> > > 07/06/2022 16:38, Ray Kinsella:
> > > > Sathesh B Edara <sed...@marvell.com> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > This patch renames octeon end point driver from octeontx_ep to
> > > > > octeon_ep
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Sathesh B Edara <sed...@marvell.com>
> > > >
> > > > Straight forward rename,
> > > >
> > > > Acked-by: Ray Kinsella <m...@ashroe.eu>
> > >
> > > The name change was not announced.
> > > Why is it required?
> > Thomas,
> > we acknowledge, missed to announce before submitting the change.
> > Current driver name "octeontx_ep" was to support OcteonTX line of
> products. We are renaming it to apply for all Octeon EP products (OcteonTX +
> future Octeon chipsets).
>
> Do you want to announce it first and do the change in 22.11?
Sure. We will do that. Will resubmit the patch after announcement.
> It would allow users to be prepared for the change.
>
