From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DE86A04B1; Tue, 6 Oct 2020 00:42:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 071BE2BC7; Tue, 6 Oct 2020 00:42:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 549012952 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2020 00:41:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA3A05C00F5; Mon, 5 Oct 2020 18:41:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 05 Oct 2020 18:41:58 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=fm2; bh= ye0f408TM/NKSVGw9hMOJ8NPKKcKhx81XqpqcUmikQw=; b=h4UE3YoVkwgWH9KW Cda7JQkzTUnak2bagC9RU5Szs6s07cqiE5aWFWyBtTDhJqG/eQyf+giyAYtyTk62 UwRvwxDEiuhVnOZK+OUiuX/HMDjI3YHkihwVvsPvbMPeFj6vzPRNJ/r4KRSHe+qg q7IQFUPny9Db/zp2LGstGwk0h+1jlaEisLp6BB4h5uD7LfQXnx+D69IGi/plR+7v JN4nAE0G2Dyj6uQ62DtsSXT/C/KxHyUL5rHBg8P2Jczbuv+wgqZTxSl7ChhjZ932 EWT8WxLimSQt4U7RLEvj/aqGZ5UC596xAW/lqtiOogV7G37vCApfdcKgoDpLslQk 6COyXA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=ye0f408TM/NKSVGw9hMOJ8NPKKcKhx81XqpqcUmik Qw=; b=huqGgU4spmHdP0NooarujMie7HCIXYGvGsH3INwjbNMVl2MRLDFQYSdQC nfW3KSIsW17kc4s3Sm4Rw4EFZkkkiayo9CNhDf5zH/ngppkxwNUE7DOYRf4rONDB F6lrEdkaRUqf7k7kbJE1w7QvU+7Xu459ZyBvmKct1lKnMtRQISbtmnMUtSCbwIAy VW649i8dFXslogbpQvVHwbA6my1YN/EAa96aqE3Nr4woNaMDmfFF5jKqccdTHkUF MlmLvU8fzInuDLIeLKZ0lOW58wryMlbsabKIFlI7JEcS7kYnB+DTivlVQnnOYfxa qL587YISHMyq3q1/o5S2M6FVthzsQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrgeefgddufecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpefhvffufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghs ucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucggtf frrghtthgvrhhnpedugefgvdefudfftdefgeelgffhueekgfffhfeujedtteeutdejueei iedvffegheenucfkphepjeejrddufeegrddvtdefrddukeegnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuih iivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhho nhdrnhgvth X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 499423064610; Mon, 5 Oct 2020 18:41:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Ferruh Yigit , dev@dpdk.org, matan@nvidia.com, asafp@nvidia.com, shys@nvidia.com, "K. Y. Srinivasan" , Madhan Sivakumar Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:41:55 +0200 Message-ID: <15404332.k47CZtomYU@thomas> In-Reply-To: <20200915074705.2fa9cb4a@hermes.lan> References: <20200915020341.28742-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <3dbdbdb8-1e03-72c9-7619-b06048146465@intel.com> <20200915074705.2fa9cb4a@hermes.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS remove experimental tag from vdev_netvsc X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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" 15/09/2020 16:47, Stephen Hemminger: > Ferruh Yigit wrote: > > On 9/15/2020 3:03 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > Vdev_netvsc has been around for several years. It no longer needs > > > to be marked experimental. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > > > --- > > > -Microsoft vdev_netvsc - EXPERIMENTAL > > > +Microsoft vdev_netvsc > > > M: Matan Azrad > > > F: drivers/net/vdev_netvsc/ > > > F: doc/guides/nics/vdev_netvsc.rst > > > > As far as I remember 'vdev_netvsc' was interim solution until 'netvsc' > > was ready. In this patchset 'netvsc' is also becoming mature. > > > > Wouldn't be easier to keep 'vdev_netvsc' experimental to be able to > > remove it soon? > > Let me discuss with Long Li and management. > Maybe replace EXPERIMENTAL with DEPRECATED in 20.11. Would be strange to switch from experimental to deprecated :) +Cc Matan I think you still need this platform driver (with failsafe and tap) in case you need rte_flow. Or is it well supported with netvsc PMD?