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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 05/12] ethdev: deprecate hard-to-use or
 ambiguous items and actions
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On 10/11/21 9:23 PM, Ori Kam wrote:
> Hi Ivan,
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ivan Malov <ivan.malov@oktetlabs.ru>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2021 5:39 PM
>> Subject: [PATCH v3 05/12] ethdev: deprecate hard-to-use or ambiguous items and actions
>>
>> PF, VF and PHY_PORT require that applications have extra knowledge of the underlying NIC and thus are
>> hard to use.
>> Also, the corresponding items depend on the direction attribute (ingress / egress), which complicates their
>> use in applications and interpretation in PMDs.
>>
>> The concept of PORT_ID is ambiguous as it doesn't say whether the port in question is an ethdev or the
>> represented entity.
>>
>> Items and actions PORT_REPRESENTOR, REPRESENTED_PORT should be used instead.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ivan Malov <ivan.malov@oktetlabs.ru>
>> ---
> 
> Acked-by: Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com>
> Thanks,
> Ori
> 


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