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On 7/5/21 5:57 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 05/07/2021 11:35, Andrew Rybchenko:
>> On 7/5/21 12:30 PM, Xueming(Steven) Li wrote:
>>> From: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
>>>> I still don't understand if we really need to make the API a part of stable API/ABI in the future. Can it be internal?
>>>
>>> There was some discussion on this with Thomas in earlier version.
>>> Users might want to register/unregister their own PMD driver,
>>> Is this a valid scenario?
>>
>> Yes, it is true, but should DPDK care that much about
>> out-of-tree drivers. I'm just asking since don't know
>> techboard position on it.
> 
> I think there is a consensus to allow out-of-tree drivers
> without any compatibility commitment.
> 
> Some other bus drivers are exporting some API like in this patch.
> We could discuss again in techboard what to make internal.
> If it is decided to hide buses API, we could change all bus drivers
> later in DPDK 21.11.

OK, thanks.