[PATCH] drivers/net: remove alias for virtual devices

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 9/21/2022 3:26 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:

> 
> 21/09/2022 15:34, Ferruh Yigit:
>> Virtual devices are probed/matched based on name, and this name is user
>> facing value, since device name is provided by user as eal '--vdev'
>> parameter, like:
>> `dpdk-testpmd --vdev net_null0`.
>>
>> The current name format is 'net_<pmd_name>', but previously it was
>> 'eth_<pmd_name>', and an alias to legacy naming format was introduced
>> for backward compatibility.
>> Commit 9fa80cb26bd0 ("net: register aliases for renamed vdev drivers")
>>
>> Since new device name format is around for 6 years, removing alias for
>> legacy naming.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at amd.com>
>> ---
>> Alias for device name is used by other device abstraction layers too,
>> ('crypto', 'baseband', 'raw'), since I am not aware of their maturity
>> level, leaving them out in this patch.
> 
> I think this patch requires a techboard vote
> as it is dropping some user-facing naming.
> 

ack, can you please take this to techboard agenda.