[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/41] Pipeline alignment with the P4 language

Dumitrescu, Cristian cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com
Wed Sep 23 18:49:05 CEST 2020



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 5:40 PM
> To: Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>; David Marchand
> <david.marchand at redhat.com>
> Cc: dev <dev at dpdk.org>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/41] Pipeline alignment with the P4
> language
> 
> 23/09/2020 18:28, David Marchand:
> > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 6:08 PM Dumitrescu, Cristian
> > <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com> wrote:
> > > > - On the patch titles, check-git-log.sh reports:
> > > > Wrong headline case:
> > > >             "pipeline: add SWX dma instruction": dma --> DMA
> > > > Wrong headline case:
> > > >             "pipeline: add SWX rx and extract instructions": rx --> Rx
> > > > Wrong headline case:
> > > >             "pipeline: add SWX tx and emit instructions": tx --> Tx
> > > > Wrong headline case:
> > > >             "pipeline: introduce SWX xor instruction": xor --> XOR
> > > >
> > >
> > > I can do this change, but IMO it is not the right choice here, as in this
> particular case we have instructions that are called "rx", "tx", "dma", "and",
> "or", "xor", etc. So it is the name of an instruction rather than a text
> abbreviation. Hence, I think these messages are not really applicable here.
> What do you think?
> >
> > For this reason I am ok with ignoring too, Thomas wdyt?
> 
> The general idea of titles is to not use exact same wording as in code
> (no function or variable names for instance).
> For the instructions, I don't know.
> If you think it is better as lowercase, I can be convinced.
> 

OK, let me do the change in V5, thanks!


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