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

[Maxime Coquelin]

On 07/09/2016 06:56 PM, Pablo de Lara wrote:
> Driver names for all the supported devices in DPDK do not have
> a naming convention. Some are using a prefix, some are not
> and some have long names. Driver names are used when creating
> virtual devices, so it is useful to have consistency in the names.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index f502f86..37d65c8 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -41,3 +41,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
>  * The mempool functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated and
>    will be removed in 16.11.
>    It is replaced by rte_mempool_generic_get/put functions.
> +
> +* Driver names are quite inconsistent among each others and they will be
> +  renamed to something more consistent (net_ prefix for net drivers and
> +  crypto_ for crypto drivers) in 16.11. Some of these driver names are used
> +  publicly, to create virtual devices, so a deprecation notice is necessary.

Consistency is better.
Out of curiosity, will a deprecation message be displayed at least or 
virtual interfaces if probe is tried with deprecated name?

Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>

Thanks,
Maxime