[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce driver name changes

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-07-22 14:15, De Lara Guarch, Pablo:
> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> > For physical net devices, driver name is same as folder name (mlnx5,
> > ixgbe ...)
> > 
> > For virtual net devices, driver name is folder name with "eth_" prefix
> > (eth_pcap, eth_ring)
> > 
> > Driver names for net devices looks consistent already, I don't know
> > about crypto devices but if crypto driver names are inconsistent what do
> > you think renaming crypto drivers only?
> 
> Sure, as long as virtual Ethernet devices are consistent, I think it is ok.
> My main intention here was to have consistent (and short) driver names,
> to call rte_eal_vdev_init (or --vdev in command line).

It is important to rename every drivers with net and crypto prefixes.
The long term goal is to have a consistent command line specification
to pass parameters to any device/driver (virtual or physical).