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 445964590C; Thu, 5 Sep 2024 11:03:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 321EA40264; Thu, 5 Sep 2024 11:03:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 568884025C for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2024 11:03:23 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1725527002; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=6AI5ppmr/741LvefRBxaBdDsQRLsBepSrQ2h11A3VG8=; b=PQLstJtYjq17gs06EhT2pGZ5S7Ko/N6NsKs7EumKYSCjT7zWE9kkQSYfDrHcwtNuhp7BNp zU1RPyyOtmKXtG/In414Qeef1JQrm1uwca4lU6Sy0ji/zR1x2+LmnGMxT5Y1ulU2oRHiKR d7dWbPls7AndkJkTQMDJuqZxFdpbBlw= Received: from mail-lj1-f199.google.com (mail-lj1-f199.google.com [209.85.208.199]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-611-ZONqxIhRP3W3A_SMJu4u3w-1; Thu, 05 Sep 2024 05:03:20 -0400 X-MC-Unique: ZONqxIhRP3W3A_SMJu4u3w-1 Received: by mail-lj1-f199.google.com with SMTP id 38308e7fff4ca-2f3f6a6e3e8so8363781fa.2 for ; Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:03:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1725526998; x=1726131798; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=6AI5ppmr/741LvefRBxaBdDsQRLsBepSrQ2h11A3VG8=; b=HZ1hyjSAeQFi7xitr6nn6/umXTs5Uh70+Ma7liKnnlyNluhO/kyCdYmbzYaS8dumde 3bRoYn1xst75UJx7l8qY3MiXivIbAppftMm6OH+oIyUuAM14FGjiaTL/V0qQhp89jPHg LU0edWvjPGtpwbKmQ8rVnXPGfrKkabnCOUR25TA1j7wJUWXC3f4FYDWjOwb285sZ2udS NNUvUS/mbyJGKEevYt0uQxnWFLxNzdk7bDzXGCdHCjD9KeVYfFVQKP0oNNWBYDZjTGy7 /4IxSSErG14SYm1A72HGNT2tsbjISpANYXlcW0QdofuG9fTjnnjLBP1hR4p6JRv1I7LO gOvA== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCWlaMTizNB8OSpOYOmFUQDEVIjsRErVYHX+07koLh+keiO2+FJDP4OIWllZGr1kIV2U2ME=@dpdk.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YxvvqEGwJEE18HCtBlW+s9D0dPEdrVp+IwfHg+fYKPsY8i8KSHH qh7K/+PdflWoPHj6vH44YjdYnxH2O45N0VDW7J+ewP6QtnZJFrW3vXO5Cweba1m1I6PlvGzJr9r P+bdEDgy2aD82g9CQypJSbU1AtAUtYAoFxGAJmdpUUR63E6Y4KMDC6Gaw+fOFLZdKCYShssz7dE hBOme0NS01rMIFocY= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:a78a:0:b0:2f6:4d1b:d9d6 with SMTP id 38308e7fff4ca-2f6517b6661mr44696921fa.25.1725526998237; Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:03:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFFSxwdm82I0dO9Zo9yvWzNcnd3hzG18AOSccyuyGWsONFE4sNbN9BbfMcrB2OIgCwji+NjNhvZ58IG7oDvmQk= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:a78a:0:b0:2f6:4d1b:d9d6 with SMTP id 38308e7fff4ca-2f6517b6661mr44696691fa.25.1725526997760; Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:03:17 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20240904180954.104473-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <98CBD80474FA8B44BF855DF32C47DC35E9F6A4@smartserver.smartshare.dk> In-Reply-To: <98CBD80474FA8B44BF855DF32C47DC35E9F6A4@smartserver.smartshare.dk> From: David Marchand Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 11:03:06 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] eal: mark API's as stable To: =?UTF-8?Q?Morten_Br=C3=B8rup?= Cc: Stephen Hemminger , bruce.richardson@intel.com, Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran , Sunil Kumar Kori , dev@dpdk.org, Thomas Monjalon X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 On Thu, Sep 5, 2024 at 10:55=E2=80=AFAM Morten Br=C3=B8rup wrote: > > > From: David Marchand [mailto:david.marchand@redhat.com] > > Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2024 09.59 > > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 8:10=E2=80=AFPM Stephen Hemminger > > wrote: > > > > > > The API's in ethtool from before 23.11 should be marked stable. > > > > EAL* ? > > > > > Should probably include the trace api's but that is more complex chan= ge. > > > > On the trace API itself it should be ok. > > No! *sigh* > > Trace must remain experimental until controlled by a meson option, e.g. "= enable_trace", whereby trace can be completely disabled and omitted from th= e compiled application/libraries/drivers at build time. This seems unrelated to marking the API stable as regardless of the API state at the moment, this code is always present. Patches welcome if you want it stripped. --=20 David Marchand