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

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 05:26:22PM +0200, Jan Blunck wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Thomas Monjalon
> <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> wrote:
> > 2016-10-18 21:06, Yuanhan Liu:
> >> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 02:50:16PM +0200, Jan Blunck wrote:
> >> > >From my understanding this is a massive API breakage. This forces all
> >> > existing users of the virtual PMDs to change with zero benefit. Even
> >> > if that isn't enough it also makes it impossible to switch between
> >> > releases by recompiling.
> >> >
> >> > Can we please revert these changes and work on some aliasing support
> >> > for the PMDs to fix it long term?
> >>
> >> +1. Aliasing is also something I would suggest before making such renames.
> >
> > It is a brutal change, yes.
> > It was announced in 16.07 release notes though.
> >
> 
> "But the plans were on display ..." (HHGTTG)
> 
Yes, 16.07, better known as the "Beware of the leopard" release of DPDK.
:-)

/Bruce