From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74B3246BDA; Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:56:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 055EC4026C; Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:56:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fout-a6-smtp.messagingengine.com (fout-a6-smtp.messagingengine.com [103.168.172.149]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 598D84021E for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:56:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from phl-compute-10.internal (phl-compute-10.phl.internal [10.202.2.50]) by mailfout.phl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5095EC026F; Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:56:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phl-mailfrontend-01 ([10.202.2.162]) by phl-compute-10.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:56:24 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm2; t=1753127784; x=1753214184; bh=I6nr+TjeqYbaIntCCuuJQQI+yXTadMHtPyHpJ4qrqzI=; b= bWD7POoAJhbCyZuXsol/xJ2es4cXSAFHgGQM0YTNxe+iJ6wEx2XLrtpFjzYbYFPc JQT4GnKRaDXloQoLDTPw+i9LMTbwcp/X22vyYmJo9h8Cy6Xh+jMGSmNCFXZ9PGZR 2V6KcL58J2fXwdFHWoGvhro2t0RSmmD11h4qXUHtv92sbpsAxMcw0UZJFZ0VO/pN fTo+xJcB34V3oH1gl6kl92mjH/f/xn9kMTfccM/trL00SoDo1RV6oFv+Ls01gJZU 43CMc9t21j8QgUAoHka9t4K/Q7S8DW1g9FDJ5UiPyujWECcD11p9KTUPXw1ClR0+ ltdKpgVjYPDlcimWyRQhFA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; t=1753127784; x= 1753214184; bh=I6nr+TjeqYbaIntCCuuJQQI+yXTadMHtPyHpJ4qrqzI=; b=Q FvfIosvZ3KCJcfGGbFe6dPk5sM+BMXMAlix2oRKH+SJc6DxNAcIKATTngC3HbCND KZigx8aB6lKoVrrYTG7I1NPp+sD5Fb2TjoTE5oV1/b/6d/NSKWP1e/4flj8MuFcq M17py3HiVTKjacQkDLgclWUm161br23tzZxpC0WaZETJVYAv86zKJchSLvW6d48u 5E/mTKvGklSJyu/baPbeAq7nCbS3Fwgyia7gF60jg4sRiPECMcJqWLbZ93uftcMp jnC5m9FixEH6NtIvYs9mXg/8i0v8BG4gzJE1GVDaBi2ocR7KB+h7MAzN+aB/q/Pw jHuxyY6La4Lz4zJi8RYsQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeeffedrtdefgdejvdelkecutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecuuegr ihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenucfjug hrpefhvfevufffkfgjfhgggfgtsehtufertddttdejnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgrshcu ofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecuggftrf grthhtvghrnhepkeefheeftdegtdejheeuuedtgfelfeeiveekieekleekffelgfdtveei heehffdunecuffhomhgrihhnpeguphgukhdrohhrghenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpe dtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhn vghtpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopeelpdhmohguvgepshhmthhpohhuthdprhgtphhtthhope gushhoshhnohifshhkihesnhhvihguihgrrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepvhhirggthhgv shhlrghvohesnhhvihguihgrrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepsghinhhgiiesnhhvihguih grrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepohhrihhkrgesnhhvihguihgrrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthht ohepshhurghnmhhinhhgmhesnhhvihguihgrrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepmhgrthgrnh esnhhvihguihgrrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepuggvvhesughpughkrdhorhhgpdhrtghp thhtoheprhgrshhlrghnugesnhhvihguihgrrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepuggrvhhiug drmhgrrhgthhgrnhgusehrvgguhhgrthdrtghomh X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:56:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Dariusz Sosnowski Cc: Viacheslav Ovsiienko , Bing Zhao , Ori Kam , Suanming Mou , Matan Azrad , dev@dpdk.org, Raslan Darawsheh , David Marchand Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5: deprecate representor matching devarg Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:56:21 +0200 Message-ID: <15520741.JCcGWNJJiE@thomas> In-Reply-To: <20250716093846.1117794-1-dsosnowski@nvidia.com> References: <20250716093846.1117794-1-dsosnowski@nvidia.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org 16/07/2025 11:38, Dariusz Sosnowski: > Mark repr_matching_en device argument exposed by mlx5 PMD > as deprecated and schedule its removal in 25.11 release. > > Functionality exposed by this device argument does not fit > current E-Switch representor model exposed by DPDK. > A new unified representor model, described in > https://fast.dpdk.org/events/slides/DPDK-2024-07-unified_representor.pdf > should be developed. > > Signed-off-by: Dariusz Sosnowski The impact is very limited. There is no API/ABI breakage. The devarg is probably not used a lot. To be on a completely safe side, the devarg could continue to be accepted if a user set it at its default value. Still, announcing this is a good idea in case someone uses this. Applied, thanks.