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From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Experimental symbols in kni lib
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On 6/24/2021 11:42 AM, Kinsella, Ray wrote:
> Hi Ferruh, 
> 
> The following kni experimental symbols are present in both v21.05 and v19.11 release. These symbols should be considered for promotion to stable as part of the v22 ABI in DPDK 21.11, as they have been experimental for >= 2yrs at this point. 
> 
>  * rte_kni_update_link
> 
> Ray K
> 

Hi Ray,

Thanks for follow up.

I just checked the API and planning a small behavior update to it.
If the update is accepted, I suggest keeping the API experimental for 21.08 too,
but can mature it on v21.11.

Thanks,
ferruh