From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0CFCA0524; Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:02:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12703C94E; Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:02:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42D7BC938 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:02:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id D56205C00B4; Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:02:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:02:01 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=fm2; bh= bUwavkB8aH9naOzbks/BCX6oLZCL0P6Nn6s/UB5nVxk=; b=NRGS3xNsiZfZFMKc LqHvyHkzOgl/brZhnHJN9rtZqCEAnuZRL6sFYqjgo1Argxv3DjN1ms9HOz7K+cfI 3icDlhVVUAHxl6gOyuOQDfhYS2QA+EDZYXszfKgP9/H7I4PzCy1qGgK9dmR5OxTG DWi6WycY3F+1/0BojgsqOXDES6KiTtCZdXPngZhUleafpU5/O0MhGjv/51JLfBkl WdGiUAKle+r6HB9kHchtURJj3hZPRsFr4XJleLrP8nlpyfJ9AwLTkXe7kQXkQCG1 zR0+uyN7xG59PIMHHGb5ufS80DYQOnf3DU6kyh7MrD1j6msr3hFlprHF8TKub023 5Yoy2A== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=bUwavkB8aH9naOzbks/BCX6oLZCL0P6Nn6s/UB5nV xk=; b=oF5EMk7Vy6U0X30mCej1RBQCsKnqtI5a9F7nsF0jxyhbDdcbQkwEcvc/x ODLPkD/85IuCGtJXw7BGRH76ZYT7vzhKYyKOZhghkEbPQ5qlknee6y+JGGSqRKM2 6y76zrvCuVzpT1v2OJicTyKP2vG4lu6XIwQojIK834bKT8IEqdRwOmUPSR87b4QT KxHpIj4PbClMTYrZ1ZS2lokkja7PlM7qJQMNFMwem8zW0qdNL3l/xzgzcQA16a6n 55NqFmqv/fVv6npHVWmPLmcdprcU51gjx4V9aoF6BKly/2M/metogvY1i5bpGI8e B4c0bNGpeIAyFozqPfS9UfNR946JQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrudehgedgiedtucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvufffkfgjfhgggfgtsehtufertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgr shcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecugg ftrfgrthhtvghrnhepudeggfdvfeduffdtfeeglefghfeukefgfffhueejtdetuedtjeeu ieeivdffgeehnecukfhppeejjedrudefgedrvddtfedrudekgeenucevlhhushhtvghruf hiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghl ohhnrdhnvght X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 5C0D83280065; Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:01:53 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Stephen Hemminger , matan@nvidia.com Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Ferruh Yigit , dev@dpdk.org, asafp@nvidia.com, shys@nvidia.com, "K. Y. Srinivasan" , Madhan Sivakumar Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:01:51 +0100 Message-ID: <6566986.U07BT64AKW@thomas> In-Reply-To: <15404332.k47CZtomYU@thomas> References: <20200915020341.28742-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <20200915074705.2fa9cb4a@hermes.lan> <15404332.k47CZtomYU@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS remove experimental tag from vdev_netvsc X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 06/10/2020 00:41, Thomas Monjalon: > 15/09/2020 16:47, Stephen Hemminger: > > Ferruh Yigit wrote: > > > On 9/15/2020 3:03 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > > Vdev_netvsc has been around for several years. It no longer needs > > > > to be marked experimental. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > > > > --- > > > > -Microsoft vdev_netvsc - EXPERIMENTAL > > > > +Microsoft vdev_netvsc > > > > M: Matan Azrad > > > > F: drivers/net/vdev_netvsc/ > > > > F: doc/guides/nics/vdev_netvsc.rst > > > > > > As far as I remember 'vdev_netvsc' was interim solution until 'netvsc' > > > was ready. In this patchset 'netvsc' is also becoming mature. > > > > > > Wouldn't be easier to keep 'vdev_netvsc' experimental to be able to > > > remove it soon? > > > > Let me discuss with Long Li and management. > > Maybe replace EXPERIMENTAL with DEPRECATED in 20.11. > > Would be strange to switch from experimental to deprecated :) > > +Cc Matan > > I think you still need this platform driver (with failsafe and tap) > in case you need rte_flow. Or is it well supported with netvsc PMD? No update... I classify this patch as rejected.