[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] drivers: make driver names consistent

De Lara Guarch, Pablo pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com
Thu Aug 25 00:27:24 CEST 2016



> -----Original Message-----
> From: De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 3:25 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> Subject: [PATCH] drivers: make driver names consistent
> 
> As discussed in the past release, driver names are modified
> to be more consistent, and the future driver should follow
> this new convention.
> 
> Driver names consist of:
> "driver category"_"driver folder name"_"optional extra name".
> 
> For example:
> - Crypto null driver       -> "crypto_null"
> - Network IXGBE VF driver  -> "net_ixgbe_vf"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>

Some people asked to use "/" instead of "_", but there were compilation issues, so I had to use "_".


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