/**
  * String that appears before the version number
  */
-#define RTE_VER_PREFIX "RTE"
+#define RTE_VER_PREFIX "DPDK"
 
 /**
- * Major version number i.e. the x in x.y.z
+ * Major version/year number i.e. the yy in yy.mm.z
  */
-#define RTE_VER_MAJOR 2
+#define RTE_VER_YEAR 16
 
 /**
- * Minor version number i.e. the y in x.y.z
+ * Minor version/month number i.e. the mm in yy.mm.z
  */
-#define RTE_VER_MINOR 3
+#define RTE_VER_MONTH 4
 
 /**
- * Patch level number i.e. the z in x.y.z
+ * Patch level number i.e. the z in yy.mm.z
  */
-#define RTE_VER_PATCH_LEVEL 0
+#define RTE_VER_MINOR 0
 
 /**
  * Extra string to be appended to version number
  *   0-15 = release candidates
  *   16   = release
  */
-#define RTE_VER_PATCH_RELEASE 0
+#define RTE_VER_RELEASE 0
 
 /**
  * Macro to compute a version number usable for comparisons
  * All version numbers in one to compare with RTE_VERSION_NUM()
  */
 #define RTE_VERSION RTE_VERSION_NUM( \
-                       RTE_VER_MAJOR, \
+                       RTE_VER_YEAR, \
+                       RTE_VER_MONTH, \
                        RTE_VER_MINOR, \
-                       RTE_VER_PATCH_LEVEL, \
-                       RTE_VER_PATCH_RELEASE)
+                       RTE_VER_RELEASE)
 
 /**
  * Function returning version string
        if (version[0] != 0)
                return version;
        if (strlen(RTE_VER_SUFFIX) == 0)
-               snprintf(version, sizeof(version), "%s %d.%d.%d",
+               snprintf(version, sizeof(version), "%s %d.%02d.%d",
                        RTE_VER_PREFIX,
-                       RTE_VER_MAJOR,
-                       RTE_VER_MINOR,
-                       RTE_VER_PATCH_LEVEL);
+                       RTE_VER_YEAR,
+                       RTE_VER_MONTH,
+                       RTE_VER_MINOR);
        else
-               snprintf(version, sizeof(version), "%s %d.%d.%d%s%d",
+               snprintf(version, sizeof(version), "%s %d.%02d.%d%s%d",
                        RTE_VER_PREFIX,
-                       RTE_VER_MAJOR,
+                       RTE_VER_YEAR,
+                       RTE_VER_MONTH,
                        RTE_VER_MINOR,
-                       RTE_VER_PATCH_LEVEL,
                        RTE_VER_SUFFIX,
-                       RTE_VER_PATCH_RELEASE < 16 ?
-                               RTE_VER_PATCH_RELEASE :
-                               RTE_VER_PATCH_RELEASE - 16);
+                       RTE_VER_RELEASE < 16 ?
+                               RTE_VER_RELEASE :
+                               RTE_VER_RELEASE - 16);
        return version;
 }
 
 
                $$(sed -rne 's,^#define RTE_VER_[A-Z_]*[[:space:]]+([0-9]+).*,\1,p' \
                        -e 's,^#define RTE_VER_SUFFIX[[:space:]]+"(.*)",\1,p' \
                        $(RTE_SRCDIR)/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_version.h) ;\
-               printf '%d.%d.%d' "$$1" "$$2" "$$3"; \
+               printf '%d.%02d.%d' "$$1" "$$2" "$$3"; \
                if [ -z "$$5" ]; then echo; \
                else printf '%s' "$$4"; \
                        if [ $$5 -lt 16 ] ; then echo $$5; \