From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f50.google.com (mail-wm0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4A632BD9 for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2016 19:24:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f50.google.com with SMTP id u206so96402142wme.1 for ; Thu, 07 Apr 2016 10:24:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=zpbqptSsTmVt2GLO/ojCfmWKWvBV4bnvVaNuc7Vcx+c=; b=RtavIcGQdYPURIOHP3EJO506Pt7U+jVnJs1q53tm+kPESaIU480xBMsIg4oBlkhHwz EObThXewYaAIZ0Pt4rrK5c2H1s/qg7Dg+t2tbkgSW+LtLr7+7ealiLNUlU9kgV1hFTDm dkG6Cjut0lpvCqxDwRm2Y5rJxv5aHB9H82HDaSfE0ncJ3dBaGMSlETfTR/hhCL3W8i5r vj/Pyii143j2aTQ11oOszVZ0v1Eu++a4g2VEAXM6rGhu+HUVZEU0mtEeGIRYHgEMSxxG 0w01mGJnu5XPItfjwk5qLdsSPhqaOEd8OcT0lIXCNmm3oYRU7Wr/W9e/pmvHKsT4ZN2z CIkw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=zpbqptSsTmVt2GLO/ojCfmWKWvBV4bnvVaNuc7Vcx+c=; b=hfh/Spnbf10oQDuY3V0BKM2MrMo8GvS9o1Ef/8sg+OLJo1rnOMnI3N1a4AONDTLcvx 2rI0+5dl23ysI71CdpWAeeHKdNRXAf6kNdRh83RHkB2PezGGAXZ6xhorCnMo1VCOas+8 lB0hudueYLB3poWxeHma2fzdEcA84kkNpA48SPPk+bxJSvcVsNGlYf/ZNjKz/Cjge40Y nTdzh80t3BOjI6DksJRFcmkzHFydl0pwDu7gKsFl1lHrHIQTIR1cjqeYp2tlb1cxBhXQ Ecw4hIEhZRvZ54v1nsevju0TdMxnfntvsVqDy6q6Ab7Mbg+vB9ZL7oFq7I6cXZIdw9Hh ssrQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJJGk43UdA3m/U3yoPUfFI01RFe702w48l/NvZnQMk9IGaL0Dk+shdPvyXaZHKJfrTD2PKicfB2mvyHYL0g7 X-Received: by 10.194.174.197 with SMTP id bu5mr5276329wjc.23.1460049868635; Thu, 07 Apr 2016 10:24:28 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.28.96.2 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Apr 2016 10:24:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160407190950.52f58009@pcviktorin.fit.vutbr.cz> References: <1460043197-13707-1-git-send-email-david.marchand@6wind.com> <20160407174616.416ec249@pcviktorin.fit.vutbr.cz> <20160407190950.52f58009@pcviktorin.fit.vutbr.cz> From: David Marchand Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 19:24:09 +0200 Message-ID: To: Jan Viktorin Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" , Olivier Matz , Thomas Monjalon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce API changes for device objects X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 17:24:28 -0000 On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Jan Viktorin wrote: > On Thu, 7 Apr 2016 19:00:43 +0200 > David Marchand wrote: >> >> Following discussions with Jan, here is a deprecation notice to prepare for >> >> hotplug and rte_device changes to come in 16.07. >> > As a result, the current rte_driver structure will be renamed to >> > rte_module and probably reworked in some way due to its semantics and >> > potential name clash with the new rte_driver struct. >> >> If we just introduce some macros like RTE_MODULE_INIT() / >> RTE_MODULE_EXIT(), we don't need a rte_module object at the moment ? >> > > Well, possibly, we don't need it. At least, it might be hidden and not > being a part of the API/ABI. Do you need an ack for this? Yes, please, the process requires 3 acks for this kind of changes. -- David Marchand