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> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/25] event/dlb2: add dlb v2.5 probe
> 
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 1:01 AM McDaniel, Timothy
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jerin Jacob <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2021 4:48 AM
> > > To: McDaniel, Timothy <[email protected]>
> > > Cc: dpdk-dev <[email protected]>; Jerin Jacob <[email protected]>; Van
> Haaren,
> > > Harry <[email protected]>; Ray Kinsella <[email protected]>; Neil
> > > Horman <[email protected]>; Rao, Nikhil <[email protected]>;
> > > Carrillo, Erik G <[email protected]>; Gujjar, Abhinandan S
> > > <[email protected]>; Pavan Nikhilesh
> > > <[email protected]>; Hemant Agrawal
> <[email protected]>;
> > > mattias.ronnblom <[email protected]>; Mccarthy, Peter
> > > <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/25] event/dlb2: add dlb v2.5 probe
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 3:49 AM Timothy McDaniel
> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This commit adds dlb v2.5 probe support, and updates
> > > > parameter parsing.
> > > >
> > > > The dlb v2.5 device differs from dlb v2, in that the
> > > > number of resources (ports, queues, ...) is different,
> > > > so macros have been added to take the device version
> > > > into account.
> > > >
> > > > This commit also cleans up a few issues in the original
> > > > dlb2 source:
> > > > - eliminate duplicate constant definitions
> > > > - removed unused constant definitions
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Timothy McDaniel <[email protected]>
> > > > ---
> > >
> > > >
> > > > -#define EVDEV_DLB2_NAME_PMD dlb2_event
> > > > +#define EVDEV_DLB2_NAME_PMD dlb_event
> > >
> > > Is this an intended change? why change the driver's name.
> >
> > Yes, This is an intentional change.  We will be using the same driver name
> going forward, regardless of the hardware version.
> > Internally, we know which version of the hardware is present.
> 
> Since the driver name is still driver/event/dlb2. Keep it as same
> prefix scheme with other drivers.
> 
> 
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tim
> >

Would it be acceptable to rename drivers/event/dlb2 to drivers/event/dlb?
We may have additional dlb devices in the pipeline, such as v3, and we would 
really like
to have them all use a common name.

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