[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] virtio/vdev: add a new vdev named eth_cvio

[Tan, Jianfeng]

Hi Thomas,

On 4/21/2016 6:05 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2016-04-21 02:56, Jianfeng Tan:
>> Add a new virtual device named eth_cvio, it can be used just like
>> eth_ring, eth_null, etc.
> Why this name eth_cvio?
> Why the prefix eth_?
> The virtio-net driver uses a kernel device. Here it is a userland device.
> Why not virtio-user?

I was looking for an appropriate name for this device; have tried a lot, 
but none is good enough. Thank you for your advice virtio-user.
The prefix eth_ is to keep the same style with eth_ring, eth_null.
So how about eth_virtio_user?

>
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> Please keep the alphabetical order.

OK, I'll do it in next version.

Thanks,
Jianfeng