[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] change legacy linuxapp/bsdapp names

[Thomas Monjalon]

06/03/2019 17:22, Bruce Richardson:
> The terms linuxapp and bsdapp are legacy names in DPDK that are equivalent
> to the more usual names of "linux" and "freebsd". Therefore, we can
> replace the instances of the "app" names with the more usual variants. The
> only issue in maintaining backward compatibility which can be done by
> preserving a) the build config filenames and b) the macros defined for
> the build. In both cases, new configs/macros are added while keeping the
> old for compatiblity.
> 
> The first 5 patches are relatively minor, internal changes, or changes for
> the newer meson system. Patch 6 is larger in size as it changes the
> make build system which has far greater use of the names linuxapp and
> bsdapp.
> 
> Bruce Richardson (6):
>   eal/bsdapp: rename to freebsd
>   eal/linuxapp: rename to linux
>   build/linux: rename macro from LINUXAPP to LINUX
>   build/freebsd: rename macro from BSDPAPP to FREEBSD
>   build/meson: change linuxapp to linux in meson cross files
>   build: allow linux and freebsd in build configs

I agree on the idea.
If no issue is found, I'll apply it shortly to avoid too many rebase issue.
If someone is against, please shout before Tuesday.