[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/5] net/af_xdp: introduce AF XDP PMD driver

[Ye Xiaolong]

On 03/21, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 17:18:41 +0800
>Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong.ye at intel.com> wrote:
>
>> +
>> +RTE_PMD_REGISTER_VDEV(eth_af_xdp, pmd_af_xdp_drv);
>
>The convention in other network drivers is to use net_XXX in the vdev name.
>In AF_XDP that would be:
>
>RTE_PMD_REGISTER_VDEV(net_af_xdp, pmd_af_xdp_drv);

Got it.

>
>About naming, I would just drop AF_ from the name everywhere, the driver
>is about running over XDP, and the "AF_" is just a prefix for address family.
>
>Why not:
>	net/xdp

Thanks for the advice, Actually this driver is more about AF_XDP rathan than
XDP, the foundational objects it uses such as umem, umem fill ring, umem
completion ring, tx ring, rx ring which are all AF_XDP specfic, so I would
rather keep the naming.

Thanks,
Xiaolong
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