From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.tuxdriver.com (charlotte.tuxdriver.com [70.61.120.58]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 054A45921 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:33:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hmsreliant.think-freely.org ([2001:470:8:a08:7aac:c0ff:fec2:933b] helo=localhost) by smtp.tuxdriver.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1YkEdp-0005D1-FU; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:33:51 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:33:48 -0400 From: Neil Horman To: Thomas Monjalon Message-ID: <20150420163348.GA19573@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> References: <1429539103-15885-1-git-send-email-thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1429539103-15885-1-git-send-email-thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) X-Spam-Status: No Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH] ethdev: remove old flow director API X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:33:54 -0000 On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 04:11:43PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > It's time to remove this old API. > It seems some work is still needed to rely only on eth_ctrl API. > At least ixgbe, i40e and testpmd must be fixed. > Jingjing, do you think it's possible to remove all these structures > from rte_ethdev.h? > > Thanks > NAK. I'm certainly not opposed to removing the API's if they are truly no longer needed. But they have been codified as part of the ABI, so the deprecation schedule needs to be followed. Given what you've said above, it seems like that might be worthwhile anyway, as it will provide the needed runway to allow users to convert to the new API. Neil