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. -- 2.7.4