On Sat, Jul 09, 2016 at 05:56:34PM +0100, Pablo de Lara wrote: > Driver names for all the supported devices in DPDK do not have > a naming convention. Some are using a prefix, some are not > and some have long names. Driver names are used when creating > virtual devices, so it is useful to have consistency in the names. > > Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com> > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index f502f86..37d65c8 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -41,3 +41,8 @@ Deprecation Notices > * The mempool functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated and > will be removed in 16.11. > It is replaced by rte_mempool_generic_get/put functions. > + > +* Driver names are quite inconsistent among each others and they will be > + renamed to something more consistent (net_ prefix for net drivers and > + crypto_ for crypto drivers) in 16.11. Some of these driver names are used > + publicly, to create virtual devices, so a deprecation notice is necessary. > -- > 2.7.4 >
