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From: "Wang, Haiyue" <haiyue.wang@intel.com>
To: "Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>, "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Cc: "mdr@ashroe.eu" <mdr@ashroe.eu>,
	"thomas@monjalon.net" <thomas@monjalon.net>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/3] net/ixgbe: promote some API to stable
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 11:13:01 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BYAPR11MB3800EE193DE95D3288A059ECF7CD9@BYAPR11MB3800.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c31cab46-7cb8-f68f-5733-67cf90427418@intel.com>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 17:02
> To: Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: mdr@ashroe.eu; thomas@monjalon.net
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/3] net/ixgbe: promote some API to stable
> 
> On 9/1/2021 6:07 AM, Haiyue Wang wrote:
> > The DPDK Symbol Bot reports:
> > Please note the symbols listed below have expired. In line with the
> > DPDK ABI policy, they should be scheduled for removal, in the next
> > DPDK release.
> >
> > Symbol
> > rte_pmd_ixgbe_mdio_lock
> > rte_pmd_ixgbe_mdio_unlock
> > rte_pmd_ixgbe_mdio_unlocked_read
> > rte_pmd_ixgbe_mdio_unlocked_write
> > rte_pmd_ixgbe_upd_fctrl_sbp
> 
> I wonder if we should keep PMD specific APIs as experimental (Not talking about
> mbuf 'dynfield' / 'dynflag' APIs, we can promote them).

Yes, makes sense.

> 
> If an application is using PMD specific API, not sure if it will concern about
> PMD specific APIs.
> And keeping PMD specific APIs lets us remove them as soon as we can, also adds
> additional discourage for users to use them.

Can update this to DPDK ABI Policy, section 3.5.3.
https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/contributing/abi_policy.html

> 
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang@intel.com>
> 
> 
> <...>
> 


  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-01 11:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-01  5:07 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 0/3] Promote " Haiyue Wang
2021-09-01  5:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/3] net/ixgbe: promote " Haiyue Wang
2021-09-01  9:02   ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-09-01 11:13     ` Wang, Haiyue [this message]
2021-09-01 13:55       ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-09-01  5:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 2/3] net/ice: " Haiyue Wang
2021-09-01  5:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 3/3] ethdev: promote burst mode " Haiyue Wang
2021-09-01  9:07   ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-09-01 13:49     ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-09-06  5:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Haiyue Wang
2021-09-06  6:36   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-09-15  8:46     ` Ferruh Yigit

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