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 670D7A0C45; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 21:44:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 309F640151; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 21:44:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C3274014F for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 21:44:28 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1631562267; 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=iz9BQIO3gG+wrwPMT+S1UGAQ0GbsJKP7JVGNme728Y4=; b=K5t+9VXYG+FtoKzzA5c4X9iRPjXDPw/W3r7ynU1MLM57SBKzdf8V7F8KXV085SzVXJbrwF /NPokUDL8bvDab3mAXwIARX8oDdK1MzcXHJ/DFn7uPfobNvYlwpSgot9wdcNrfK/CCqtko G6I0jG5c5CbkE2Cfx9eMnPQ+jLSCiTg= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-518-jM9g2Y5WMN-mgbsEzH363g-1; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:44:25 -0400 X-MC-Unique: jM9g2Y5WMN-mgbsEzH363g-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6887418414A1; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:44:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.39.208.12] (unknown [10.39.208.12]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3F9E9196E2; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:44:19 +0000 (UTC) To: "Chautru, Nicolas" , "Kinsella, Ray" , Hemant Agrawal , David Marchand Cc: dev , Akhil Goyal , Thomas Monjalon , Tom Rix , "Zhang, Mingshan" , "Joshi, Arun" References: <1630427130-63903-1-git-send-email-nicolas.chautru@intel.com> From: Maxime Coquelin Message-ID: Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 21:44:17 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.23 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=maxime.coquelin@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] bbdev: remove experimental tag from API 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 Sender: "dev" On 9/1/21 4:54 PM, Chautru, Nicolas wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kinsella, Ray >> Sent: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 4:15 AM >> To: Hemant Agrawal ; David Marchand >> ; Chautru, Nicolas >> >> Cc: dev ; Akhil Goyal ; Thomas >> Monjalon ; Tom Rix ; Zhang, >> Mingshan ; Joshi, Arun >> ; Maxime Coquelin >> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] bbdev: remove experimental tag from API >> >> >> >> On 01/09/2021 04:52, Hemant Agrawal wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 6:27 PM Nicolas Chautru >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> This was previously suggested last year >>>>> >>>> >> https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpat >>>> c >>>>> hes.dpdk.org%2Fproject%2Fdpdk%2Fpatch%2F1593213242-157394-2- >> git- >>>> send-e >>>>> mail- >>>> >> nicolas.chautru%40intel.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Chemant.agrawal% >>>>> >>>> >> 40nxp.com%7Cfcdfb339ec284057db1508d96c9dd048%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6f >>>> a92cd99 >>>>> >>>> c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C637660247324212288%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZ >>>> sb3d8eyJWIjo >>>>> >>>> >> iMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1 >>>> 000& >>>>> >> ;sdata=%2FYwaT29I4XlUxedcdCeyvM5z1R5QeNGTLLPY3XQBKjU%3D& >>>> ;reserved=0 >>>>> but there was request from community to wait another year to confirm >>>> formally this api is mature. >>>> >>>> The request was to wait for a new vendor (i.e. non Intel) to >>>> implement a bbdev driver for their hw. >>>> >>>> NXP proposed a driver for this class: >>>> >> https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpat >>>> ch >> work.dpdk.org%2Fproject%2Fdpdk%2Flist%2F%3Fseries%3D16642%26state >>>> >> %3D%252A%26archive%3Dboth&data=04%7C01%7Chemant.agrawal% >>>> >> 40nxp.com%7Cfcdfb339ec284057db1508d96c9dd048%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6f >>>> a92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C637660247324212288%7CUnknown%7CT >>>> >> WFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLC >>>> >> JXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=iorsQ7wAXyU2%2FaqeV5CrDp9asl8ztZ >>>> nSrbDuJpCv9Gk%3D&reserved=0 >>>> >>>> What is the status of this driver? >>> >>> [Hemant] We are in process of resending the patches in next few days. >> >> Ok - just so we are clear - the net-net of that, is that the bbdev APIs will be >> 'experimental' >> for another year, right? > > There is little reason to defer further I believe. Henant please confirm you are not looking at any ABI change based on discussion for the last few months. > >> >>> >>>> I see no update on the bbdev API, which seems good, but a >>>> confirmation is needed. > > Indeed that's all we need. Confirmation no change is require for new PMD. Hemant, could you confirm this is good for you? Thanks, Maxime >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> David Marchand >>>