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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Cc: "Lu, Wenzhuo" <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>,
	Shweta Choudaha <shweta.choudaha@gmail.com>,
	"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	"shweta.choudaha@att.com" <shweta.choudaha@att.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] net/ixgbe: Add API to update SBP bit
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 11:40:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180404104042.GA17064@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <58259bea-6f5b-3bb9-0a82-f3e2b9dd428f@intel.com>

On Wed, Apr 04, 2018 at 11:14:35AM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 4/4/2018 3:25 AM, Lu, Wenzhuo wrote:
> > Hi Shweta,
> > 
> > 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Shweta Choudaha
> >> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 7:59 PM
> >> To: dev@dpdk.org
> >> Cc: shweta.choudaha@att.com
> >> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] net/ixgbe: Add API to update SBP bit
> >>
> >> From: Shweta Choudaha <shweta.choudaha@att.com>
> >>
> >> Add ixgbe API to enable SBP bit in FCTRL register to allow receiving packets
> >> that may otherwise be considered length errors by ixgbe and dropped
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Shweta Choudaha <shweta.choudaha@att.com>
> >> Reviewed-by: Chas Williams <chas3@att.com>
> >> Reviewed-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
> >> ---
> > 
> > 
> >> --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/rte_pmd_ixgbe_version.map
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/rte_pmd_ixgbe_version.map
> >> @@ -52,3 +52,9 @@ DPDK_17.08 {
> >>  	rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_timeout_show;
> >>  	rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_timeout_store;
> >>  } DPDK_17.05;
> >> +
> >> +EXPERIMENTAL {
> >> +	global:
> >> +
> >> +	rte_pmd_ixgbe_upd_fctrl_sbp;
> >> +} DPDK_17.08;
> > The patch is fine except we should use 18.05 here.
> 
> We have a rule to have an API as experimental for one release.
> 
> Not sure about this rule covering the PMD specific APIs but by default it is, we
> can discuss to have an exception for PMD APIs or not.
> 
> After one release developer should send patch to remove experimental from API
> 
+1 for following the process.
I don't see why pmd-specific APIs should be a general exception. Any
exceptions should be on an individual case-by-case basis IMHO

  reply	other threads:[~2018-04-04 10:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-02-23 11:59 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/1] " Shweta Choudaha
2018-02-23 11:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] " Shweta Choudaha
2018-04-04  2:25   ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2018-04-04 10:14     ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-04 10:40       ` Bruce Richardson [this message]
2018-04-10 15:58         ` Shweta Choudaha
2018-04-26 10:20           ` Shweta Choudaha
2018-04-26 10:56             ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-05-01 22:15               ` Shweta Choudaha
2018-04-10 15:42   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Shweta Choudaha
2018-05-08  1:47     ` Zhang, Helin

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