[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/4] User-space Ethtool

[Wang, Liang-min]

Stephen,

From: Wang, Liang-min 
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 8:47 AM
To: Stephen Hemminger
Cc: dev at dpdk.org
Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/4] User-space Ethtool

>>I agree with having a more complete API, but have some nits to pick.
>>Could the API be more abstract to reduce ABI issues in future?

>Which API? Are you referring to the APIs over ethdev level, or something else?
>More abstract on input/output data structure definition or else? Could you be more specific?

>>I know choosing names is hard, but as a Linux developer ethtool has a very specific meaning to me.
>>This API encompasses things broader than Linux ethtool and has different semantics therefore
>>not sure having something in DPDK with same name is really a good idea.
>>
>>It would be better to call it something else like netdev_?? Or dpnet_??

>Just to clarify the naming suggestion, in this patch, the prefix “ethtool” only appears on example and on this patch description.
>Are you suggesting changing the name over example/l2fwd-ethtool or on this patch description, or may be both?

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