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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>
Cc: Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao@intel.com>, ferruh.yigit@intel.com,
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2] eventdev: make ethernet
port identifiers 16 bit
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10/05/2018 16:30, Jerin Jacob:
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > 10/05/2018 06:31, Jerin Jacob:
> > > > Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 02:22:40 +0530
> > > > From: Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao@intel.com>
> > > >
> > > > Ethernet port ID data size has been extended to 16 bits size 17.11
> > > > Update the Rx event adapter interface and implementation accordingly.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 9c38b704d280 ("eventdev: add eth Rx adapter implementation")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao@intel.com>
> > > > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> > >
> > > Since it is an ABI change, please bump the library version.
> > > eth_rx_adapter still under experimental tag, IMO, no deprecation notice is
> > > required.
> >
> > The ABI changes must be described in the release notes too.
> >
> > There is no deprecation notice for this ABI change.
> > According the the policy, you must send a notice in 18.05,
> > and do the change in 18.08.
>
> Even for the APIs with experimental tag?
No, experimental can change without prior notice.
> If so, I don't see any
> difference between experimental vs non experimental API?
Rx adapter is not experimental as far as I know.