[ovs-dev] [ovs-dev, v1] netdev-rte-offloads: Reassign vport netdev functions.

[Ben Pfaff]

On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 06:50:48PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 21/04/2019 11:11, Ophir Munk:
> > Thomas - would you like to explain more on the origins of "rte"?
> 
> Ian explained (below) the origin quite clearly.
> It has been decided in the early days by Intel.
> 
> > From: Ian Stokes
> > > On 4/17/2019 5:34 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 11:45:33AM -0400, Aaron Conole wrote:
> > > >> rte comes from dpdk as an acronym for Run Time Environment.  Maybe
> > > >> even just dropping the 'rte_' portion?
> > > >
> > > > *That* is what rte stands for?  What a ridiculously generic name.
> > > > It's like naming a library Operating System.
> 
> Yes I agree that it's ridiculous :)
> 
> I already proposed to replace rte_ with dpdk_ prefix
> but the vast majority was against a big replacement.
> Would you support such a change?

Yes, though I don't think my opinion should matter much here.