The right name of ethdev should be dpdk_netdev. However: 1/ We are using rte_ prefix in the code and library names. 2/ The API uses rte_ethdev That's why 16.11 will just have the rte_ prefix prepended to the library filename as every other libraries.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index f502f86..7a55037 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Deprecation Notices * The log history is deprecated. It is voided in 16.07 and will be removed in release 16.11. +* The ethdev library file will be renamed from libethdev.* to librte_ethdev.* + in release 16.11 in order to have a more consistent namespace. + * The ethdev hotplug API is going to be moved to EAL with a notification mechanism added to crypto and ethdev libraries so that hotplug is now available to both of them. This API will be stripped of the device arguments -- 2.7.0
