2016-07-22 14:15, De Lara Guarch, Pablo: > From: Yigit, Ferruh > > For physical net devices, driver name is same as folder name (mlnx5, > > ixgbe ...) > > > > For virtual net devices, driver name is folder name with "eth_" prefix > > (eth_pcap, eth_ring) > > > > Driver names for net devices looks consistent already, I don't know > > about crypto devices but if crypto driver names are inconsistent what do > > you think renaming crypto drivers only? > > Sure, as long as virtual Ethernet devices are consistent, I think it is ok. > My main intention here was to have consistent (and short) driver names, > to call rte_eal_vdev_init (or --vdev in command line).
It is important to rename every drivers with net and crypto prefixes. The long term goal is to have a consistent command line specification to pass parameters to any device/driver (virtual or physical).
