[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] net: remove dead driver names

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 11/21/2016 6:06 PM, David Marchand wrote:
> Since commit b1fb53a39d88 ("ethdev: remove some PCI specific handling"),
> rte_eth_dev_info_get() relies on dev->data->drv_name to report the driver
> name to caller.
> 
> Having the pmds set driver_info->driver_name in the pmds is useless,
> since ethdev overwrites it right after.
> The only thing the pmd must do is:
> - for pci drivers, call rte_eth_copy_pci_info() which then sets
>   data->drv_name
> - for vdev drivers, manually set data->drv_name
> 
> At this stage, virtio-user does not properly report a driver name (fixed in
> next commit).
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at 6wind.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck at infradead.org>

Series applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.