[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] unify tools naming

Yuanhan Liu yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com
Fri Jul 22 03:46:57 CEST 2016


On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 04:24:30PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> The following tools may be installed system-wise.

Yes, indeed. Following is an example from dpdk package shipped in
ubutun 16.04:

    dpdk: /etc/dpdk/dpdk.conf
    dpdk: /etc/dpdk/interfaces
    dpdk: /etc/init.d/dpdk
    dpdk: /lib/dpdk/dpdk-init
    dpdk: /lib/systemd/system/dpdk.service
    dpdk: /sbin/dpdk_nic_bind
    dpdk: /usr/bin/dpdk_proc_info
    dpdk: /usr/bin/testpmd
    dpdk: /usr/share/doc/dpdk/changelog.Debian.gz
    dpdk: /usr/share/doc/dpdk/copyright
    dpdk: /usr/share/dpdk/tools/cpu_layout.py
    dpdk: /usr/share/dpdk/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py
    dpdk: /usr/share/dpdk/tools/setup.sh

> It may be cleaner and more convenient to find them with the same
> dpdk- prefix (especially for autocompletion).

Agreed.

> Moreover, the script dpdk_nic_bind.py deserves a new name because it is
> not restricted to NICs and can be used for e.g. crypto.

Second that. But we might need doc the name change to let user aware of
that.

> These files are renamed:
> pmdinfogen       -> dpdk-pmdinfogen
> pmdinfo.py       -> dpdk-pmdinfo.py
> dpdk_pdump       -> dpdk-pdump
> dpdk_proc_info   -> dpdk-procinfo
> dpdk_nic_bind.py -> dpdk-devbind.py
> setup.sh         -> dpdk-setup.sh
> 
> The tools pmdinfogen, pmdinfo.py and dpdk_pdump are new in 16.07.
> 
> The scripts dpdk_nic_bind.py and setup.sh may have been used with
> previous releases by end users. That's why a symbolic link still
> provide the old name in the installed tools directory.

I was about suggesting the same thing: yes, we should keep the
backward compatibility.

	--yliu


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