[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/9] net: replace build option

[Thomas Monjalon]

17/03/2021 22:47, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 3/17/2021 11:15 AM, Qi Zhang wrote:
> > Replace RTE_LIBRTE_ETHDEV_DEBUG with RTE_ETHDEV_DEBUG.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
> 
> Hi Qi, Thomas,
> 
> I see Thomas mentioned 'LIBRTE_' is redundant but not sure about renaming the 
> existing compile time flag without notice.
> 
> The flag is to be used for users, it is not internal, and it may be already used 
> in some scripts and automation etc, this rename can break them.
> 
> 'LIBRTE_' is already used commonly, I think all library flags has it, do we 
> really need to drop it from this current one? Even if we drop it, what about 
> keeping it as alias for backward compatibility?

Yes I did not ask for removing now :)
Let's keep old name as alias and start using the new name
(if you agree with the new name without LIBRTE_).