[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver

[Chenbo Xia]

All ABIs in PCI bus driver, which are defined in rte_buc_pci.h,
will be removed and the header will be made internal.

Signed-off-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 9584d6bfd7..b01f46c62e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
 * cmdline: ``cmdline`` structure will be made opaque to hide platform-specific
   content. On Linux and FreeBSD, supported prior to DPDK 20.11,
   original structure will be kept until DPDK 21.11.
+
+* pci: To reduce unnecessary ABIs exposed by DPDK bus driver, "rte_bus_pci.h"
+  will be made internal in 21.11 and macros/data structures/functions defined
+  in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change is inspired
+  by the RFC https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176.
-- 
2.17.1

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver

[Xia, Chenbo]

Hi,

A gentle ping for comments..

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Chenbo Xia
> Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 4:42 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org; thomas@monjalon.net
> Cc: mdr@ashroe.eu; nhorman@tuxdriver.com
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver
> 
> All ABIs in PCI bus driver, which are defined in rte_buc_pci.h,
> will be removed and the header will be made internal.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 9584d6bfd7..b01f46c62e 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
>  * cmdline: ``cmdline`` structure will be made opaque to hide platform-
> specific
>    content. On Linux and FreeBSD, supported prior to DPDK 20.11,
>    original structure will be kept until DPDK 21.11.
> +
> +* pci: To reduce unnecessary ABIs exposed by DPDK bus driver, "rte_bus_pci.h"
> +  will be made internal in 21.11 and macros/data structures/functions defined
> +  in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change is
> inspired
> +  by the RFC https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176.

I see there's some ABI improvement work on-going and I think it could be part of
the work. If it makes sense to you, I'd like some ACKs.

Thanks,
Chenbo

> --
> 2.17.1

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 7/23/2021 8:39 AM, Xia, Chenbo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> A gentle ping for comments..
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Chenbo Xia
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 4:42 PM
>> To: dev@dpdk.org; thomas@monjalon.net
>> Cc: mdr@ashroe.eu; nhorman@tuxdriver.com
>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver
>>
>> All ABIs in PCI bus driver, which are defined in rte_buc_pci.h,
>> will be removed and the header will be made internal.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
>> ---
>>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> index 9584d6bfd7..b01f46c62e 100644
>> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> @@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
>>  * cmdline: ``cmdline`` structure will be made opaque to hide platform-
>> specific
>>    content. On Linux and FreeBSD, supported prior to DPDK 20.11,
>>    original structure will be kept until DPDK 21.11.
>> +
>> +* pci: To reduce unnecessary ABIs exposed by DPDK bus driver, "rte_bus_pci.h"
>> +  will be made internal in 21.11 and macros/data structures/functions defined
>> +  in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change is
>> inspired
>> +  by the RFC https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176.
> 
> I see there's some ABI improvement work on-going and I think it could be part of
> the work. If it makes sense to you, I'd like some ACKs.
> 

Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>

I am for reducing the public ABI as much as possible. How big will the change
be? Is the 'rte_bus_pci.h' used other than './drivers/bus/pci/'?

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver

[Xia, Chenbo]

Hi, Ferruh

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2021 8:47 PM
> To: Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org; thomas@monjalon.net
> Cc: mdr@ashroe.eu; nhorman@tuxdriver.com; david.marchand@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus
> driver
> 
> On 7/23/2021 8:39 AM, Xia, Chenbo wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > A gentle ping for comments..
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Chenbo Xia
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 4:42 PM
> >> To: dev@dpdk.org; thomas@monjalon.net
> >> Cc: mdr@ashroe.eu; nhorman@tuxdriver.com
> >> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus
> driver
> >>
> >> All ABIs in PCI bus driver, which are defined in rte_buc_pci.h,
> >> will be removed and the header will be made internal.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
> >> ---
> >>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
> >>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> >> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> >> index 9584d6bfd7..b01f46c62e 100644
> >> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> >> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> >> @@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
> >>  * cmdline: ``cmdline`` structure will be made opaque to hide platform-
> >> specific
> >>    content. On Linux and FreeBSD, supported prior to DPDK 20.11,
> >>    original structure will be kept until DPDK 21.11.
> >> +
> >> +* pci: To reduce unnecessary ABIs exposed by DPDK bus driver,
> "rte_bus_pci.h"
> >> +  will be made internal in 21.11 and macros/data structures/functions
> defined
> >> +  in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change is
> >> inspired
> >> +  by the RFC
> https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176.
> >
> > I see there's some ABI improvement work on-going and I think it could be
> part of
> > the work. If it makes sense to you, I'd like some ACKs.
> >
> 
> Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> 
> I am for reducing the public ABI as much as possible. How big will the
> change
> be? Is the 'rte_bus_pci.h' used other than './drivers/bus/pci/'?

I don't see big change here. And I am not sure if I understand your second
question. The rte_bus_pci.h will still be used by drivers (maybe remove the
rte prefix and change the file name).

Thanks,
Chenbo

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver

[Bruce Richardson]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 05:56:17AM +0000, Xia, Chenbo wrote:
> Hi, Ferruh
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2021 8:47 PM
> > To: Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org; thomas@monjalon.net
> > Cc: mdr@ashroe.eu; nhorman@tuxdriver.com; david.marchand@redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus
> > driver
> > 
> > On 7/23/2021 8:39 AM, Xia, Chenbo wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > A gentle ping for comments..
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Chenbo Xia
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 4:42 PM
> > >> To: dev@dpdk.org; thomas@monjalon.net
> > >> Cc: mdr@ashroe.eu; nhorman@tuxdriver.com
> > >> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus
> > driver
> > >>
> > >> All ABIs in PCI bus driver, which are defined in rte_buc_pci.h,
> > >> will be removed and the header will be made internal.
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
> > >> ---
> > >>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
> > >>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > >>
> > >> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > >> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > >> index 9584d6bfd7..b01f46c62e 100644
> > >> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > >> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > >> @@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
> > >>  * cmdline: ``cmdline`` structure will be made opaque to hide platform-
> > >> specific
> > >>    content. On Linux and FreeBSD, supported prior to DPDK 20.11,
> > >>    original structure will be kept until DPDK 21.11.
> > >> +
> > >> +* pci: To reduce unnecessary ABIs exposed by DPDK bus driver,
> > "rte_bus_pci.h"
> > >> +  will be made internal in 21.11 and macros/data structures/functions
> > defined
> > >> +  in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change is
> > >> inspired
> > >> +  by the RFC
> > https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176.
> > >
> > > I see there's some ABI improvement work on-going and I think it could be
> > part of
> > > the work. If it makes sense to you, I'd like some ACKs.
> > >
> > 
> > Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> > 
> > I am for reducing the public ABI as much as possible. How big will the
> > change
> > be? Is the 'rte_bus_pci.h' used other than './drivers/bus/pci/'?
> 
> I don't see big change here. And I am not sure if I understand your second
> question. The rte_bus_pci.h will still be used by drivers (maybe remove the
> rte prefix and change the file name).
> 
The file itself will still be exported in some cases, where the end-user
has their own drivers which need to be compiled, so I'd recommend keeping
the rte_ prefix. However, I think making all bus APIs internal-only to DPDK
is a good idea.

Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver

[Ananyev, Konstantin]

> 
> All ABIs in PCI bus driver, which are defined in rte_buc_pci.h,
> will be removed and the header will be made internal.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 9584d6bfd7..b01f46c62e 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
>  * cmdline: ``cmdline`` structure will be made opaque to hide platform-specific
>    content. On Linux and FreeBSD, supported prior to DPDK 20.11,
>    original structure will be kept until DPDK 21.11.
> +
> +* pci: To reduce unnecessary ABIs exposed by DPDK bus driver, "rte_bus_pci.h"
> +  will be made internal in 21.11 and macros/data structures/functions defined
> +  in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change is inspired
> +  by the RFC https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176.
> --

Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>

> 2.17.1

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver

[Andrew Rybchenko]

On 7/27/21 11:44 AM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 05:56:17AM +0000, Xia, Chenbo wrote:
>> Hi, Ferruh
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2021 8:47 PM
>>> To: Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org; thomas@monjalon.net
>>> Cc: mdr@ashroe.eu; nhorman@tuxdriver.com; david.marchand@redhat.com
>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus
>>> driver
>>>
>>> On 7/23/2021 8:39 AM, Xia, Chenbo wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> A gentle ping for comments..
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Chenbo Xia
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 4:42 PM
>>>>> To: dev@dpdk.org; thomas@monjalon.net
>>>>> Cc: mdr@ashroe.eu; nhorman@tuxdriver.com
>>>>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus
>>> driver
>>>>>
>>>>> All ABIs in PCI bus driver, which are defined in rte_buc_pci.h,
>>>>> will be removed and the header will be made internal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>   doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
>>>>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>>>>> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>>>>> index 9584d6bfd7..b01f46c62e 100644
>>>>> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>>>>> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>>>>> @@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
>>>>>   * cmdline: ``cmdline`` structure will be made opaque to hide platform-
>>>>> specific
>>>>>     content. On Linux and FreeBSD, supported prior to DPDK 20.11,
>>>>>     original structure will be kept until DPDK 21.11.
>>>>> +
>>>>> +* pci: To reduce unnecessary ABIs exposed by DPDK bus driver,
>>> "rte_bus_pci.h"
>>>>> +  will be made internal in 21.11 and macros/data structures/functions
>>> defined
>>>>> +  in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change is
>>>>> inspired
>>>>> +  by the RFC
>>> https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176.
>>>>
>>>> I see there's some ABI improvement work on-going and I think it could be
>>> part of
>>>> the work. If it makes sense to you, I'd like some ACKs.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
>>>
>>> I am for reducing the public ABI as much as possible. How big will the
>>> change
>>> be? Is the 'rte_bus_pci.h' used other than './drivers/bus/pci/'?
>>
>> I don't see big change here. And I am not sure if I understand your second
>> question. The rte_bus_pci.h will still be used by drivers (maybe remove the
>> rte prefix and change the file name).
>>
> The file itself will still be exported in some cases, where the end-user
> has their own drivers which need to be compiled, so I'd recommend keeping
> the rte_ prefix. However, I think making all bus APIs internal-only to DPDK
> is a good idea.
> 
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> 

Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver

[Thomas Monjalon]

27/07/2021 10:44, Bruce Richardson:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 05:56:17AM +0000, Xia, Chenbo wrote:
> > From: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> > > On 7/23/2021 8:39 AM, Xia, Chenbo wrote:
> > > > From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Chenbo Xia
> > > >> +* pci: To reduce unnecessary ABIs exposed by DPDK bus driver,
> > > "rte_bus_pci.h"
> > > >> +  will be made internal in 21.11 and macros/data structures/functions
> > > defined
> > > >> +  in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change is
> > > >> inspired
> > > >> +  by the RFC
> > > https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176.
> > > >
> > > > I see there's some ABI improvement work on-going and I think it could be
> > > part of
> > > > the work. If it makes sense to you, I'd like some ACKs.
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> > > 
> > > I am for reducing the public ABI as much as possible. How big will the
> > > change
> > > be? Is the 'rte_bus_pci.h' used other than './drivers/bus/pci/'?
> > 
> > I don't see big change here. And I am not sure if I understand your second
> > question. The rte_bus_pci.h will still be used by drivers (maybe remove the
> > rte prefix and change the file name).
> > 
> The file itself will still be exported in some cases, where the end-user
> has their own drivers which need to be compiled, so I'd recommend keeping
> the rte_ prefix. However, I think making all bus APIs internal-only to DPDK
> is a good idea.

I don't understand how it can exported _and_ internal.
And about the rte_ prefix, it should be kept even if it used only
in internal drivers because it prevent from namespace clash with other
libraries included by the drivers.
As a rule we should always have rte_ prefix for each symbol used outside
of its own library.

That said I am OK with the direction of hiding PCI bus API.

Applied, thanks.

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver

[Xia, Chenbo]

Hi Thomas,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 1, 2021 4:44 AM
> To: Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org;
> mdr@ashroe.eu; david.marchand@redhat.com; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru; Ananyev,
> Konstantin <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus
> driver
> 
> 27/07/2021 10:44, Bruce Richardson:
> > On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 05:56:17AM +0000, Xia, Chenbo wrote:
> > > From: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> > > > On 7/23/2021 8:39 AM, Xia, Chenbo wrote:
> > > > > From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Chenbo Xia
> > > > >> +* pci: To reduce unnecessary ABIs exposed by DPDK bus driver,
> > > > "rte_bus_pci.h"
> > > > >> +  will be made internal in 21.11 and macros/data
> structures/functions
> > > > defined
> > > > >> +  in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change
> is
> > > > >> inspired
> > > > >> +  by the RFC
> > > > https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176.
> > > > >
> > > > > I see there's some ABI improvement work on-going and I think it could
> be
> > > > part of
> > > > > the work. If it makes sense to you, I'd like some ACKs.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> > > >
> > > > I am for reducing the public ABI as much as possible. How big will the
> > > > change
> > > > be? Is the 'rte_bus_pci.h' used other than './drivers/bus/pci/'?
> > >
> > > I don't see big change here. And I am not sure if I understand your second
> > > question. The rte_bus_pci.h will still be used by drivers (maybe remove
> the
> > > rte prefix and change the file name).
> > >
> > The file itself will still be exported in some cases, where the end-user
> > has their own drivers which need to be compiled, so I'd recommend keeping
> > the rte_ prefix. However, I think making all bus APIs internal-only to DPDK
> > is a good idea.
> 
> I don't understand how it can exported _and_ internal.

I think we can use the meson option 'enable_driver_sdk'. The first use case is in
lib ethdev for exporting internal APIs for out-of-tree drivers. For pci bus, I
think the use case is similar: users who want to build out-of-tree drivers can
set the option true to export pci header but the structs/functions are marked
internal. Make sense to you?

Thanks,
Chenbo

> And about the rte_ prefix, it should be kept even if it used only
> in internal drivers because it prevent from namespace clash with other
> libraries included by the drivers.
> As a rule we should always have rte_ prefix for each symbol used outside
> of its own library.
> 
> That said I am OK with the direction of hiding PCI bus API.
> 
> Applied, thanks.
> 
> 

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce removal of ABIs in PCI bus driver

[Thomas Monjalon]

03/08/2021 03:52, Xia, Chenbo:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > 27/07/2021 10:44, Bruce Richardson:
> > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 05:56:17AM +0000, Xia, Chenbo wrote:
> > > > From: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> > > > > On 7/23/2021 8:39 AM, Xia, Chenbo wrote:
> > > > > > From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Chenbo Xia
> > > > > >> +* pci: To reduce unnecessary ABIs exposed by DPDK bus driver,
> > > > > "rte_bus_pci.h"
> > > > > >> +  will be made internal in 21.11 and macros/data
> > structures/functions
> > > > > defined
> > > > > >> +  in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change
> > is
> > > > > >> inspired
> > > > > >> +  by the RFC
> > > > > https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I see there's some ABI improvement work on-going and I think it could
> > be
> > > > > part of
> > > > > > the work. If it makes sense to you, I'd like some ACKs.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > I am for reducing the public ABI as much as possible. How big will the
> > > > > change
> > > > > be? Is the 'rte_bus_pci.h' used other than './drivers/bus/pci/'?
> > > >
> > > > I don't see big change here. And I am not sure if I understand your second
> > > > question. The rte_bus_pci.h will still be used by drivers (maybe remove
> > the
> > > > rte prefix and change the file name).
> > > >
> > > The file itself will still be exported in some cases, where the end-user
> > > has their own drivers which need to be compiled, so I'd recommend keeping
> > > the rte_ prefix. However, I think making all bus APIs internal-only to DPDK
> > > is a good idea.
> > 
> > I don't understand how it can exported _and_ internal.
> 
> I think we can use the meson option 'enable_driver_sdk'. The first use case is in
> lib ethdev for exporting internal APIs for out-of-tree drivers. For pci bus, I
> think the use case is similar: users who want to build out-of-tree drivers can
> set the option true to export pci header but the structs/functions are marked
> internal. Make sense to you?

I understand the intent.
You are saying an out-of-tree driver is considered internal.
Let's see how it works for real.