[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] ethtool: add new library to provide ethtool-alike APIs

[Thomas Monjalon]

2015-06-02 15:47, Wang, Liang-min:
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com] 
> > >>I'm curious to understand how renaming rte_eth_dev_set_mtu() to
> > >>rte_ethtool_net_change_mtu() will help anyone.
> >> 
> >> As described, this interface is designed to provide API closely to kernel space ethtool ops and net_device_op.
> 
> >But the application still needs to adapt the code to call rte_* functions.
> >So changing to rte_ethtool_net_change_mtu is equivalent to change to the existing rte_eth_dev_set_mtu. I don't see the benefit.
> 
> The benefit is single interface for users to access. Instead of looking into two different interfaces (ethtool, ether). 

Sorry it doesn't help to understand.
Today, there is an ethdev API. Why adding an ethtool-like API would help?