From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by dpdk.space (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FB79A0679 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2019 16:23:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55B583798; Mon, 1 Apr 2019 16:23:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-wr1-f66.google.com (mail-wr1-f66.google.com [209.85.221.66]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC77D378E for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2019 16:23:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wr1-f66.google.com with SMTP id g3so12296380wrx.9 for ; Mon, 01 Apr 2019 07:23:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to :references:content-transfer-encoding:user-agent:mime-version; bh=bGg2zU+8ePeEr3+EwRqOdbMnVyiLfLOFAvLMVwFz3G0=; b=Tp1sNNmE7RNyUEU71I1Spqm/q640syf/ae3geHzFKwIyGc+rL+xyCAT4q2VdVO43h7 sluRNXwY1vq9VH301/8o/EMqRhlkAPYrTqiBXp2HsinDhrlquMGhasI4rpOY5vVhhEpI Tpw9K/BcY2XjpQ2KdmYmtn4yBljKpOJtXQeZuWXYW7ykEK2WNZTDfxAMvY1AOcgWtBlP jjjSgQGGDP5A5b7YCeKn3qxp9f2f1K3kEK4lpsztE51FejgKUE9kwYcZji6wZpD3KTP5 /nUdIHwIeMtVIPYHXofzgwl+l8sv+GxlZsQlIkfS78R+XbviOJPOgYNcPS0Sw/2YiVsE 6UJQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVZrSK7dp1xdcyVt2BAqlJB9WP2dkKyu4g08nbv5q/IjHe0+sbm Vzy+LbP8TRxeEN/aC2VXcjfOCemR X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyvd+B6uzjYSlK0uJf7IQNLSQTiLYwp/G90z0CKP3i4WZSvuByIoS2HcVUAY3iG0bAahrVVqg== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:660c:: with SMTP id n12mr5511909wru.160.1554128636307; Mon, 01 Apr 2019 07:23:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([2a01:4b00:f419:6f00:250:b6ff:feb7:bd60]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v190sm27853924wme.18.2019.04.01.07.23.55 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 01 Apr 2019 07:23:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Luca Boccassi To: Rastislav =?UTF-8?Q?=C4=8Cernay?= , Ferruh Yigit Cc: dev Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:23:54 +0100 In-Reply-To: References: <1551185824-5501-2-git-send-email-cernay@netcope.com> <1553256767-135084-1-git-send-email-cernay@netcope.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.30.5-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] net/nfb: new netcope driver 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" Message-ID: <20190401142354.pyr2OqzSPp6e7XCs6VLh6jdhnv2jgHN-87RkNMQlQLc@z> On Mon, 2019-04-01 at 16:55 +0200, Rastislav =C4=8Cernay wrote: > Hi Ferruh, <...> > btw, why do you prefer to have driver as experimental? > What does it mean it being experimental from your point of view > exactly? > <...> > I do not prefer to have driver experimental, only reason it is there > is > this mail: >=20 > Luca Boccassi=20 > bluca@debian.org >=20 > Tue, Mar 5, 11:41 PM > to me, dev > <...> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/nfb/rte_nfb_pmd_version.map > > b/drivers/net/nfb/rte_nfb_pmd_version.map > > new file mode 100644 > > index 0000000..97fd251 > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/drivers/net/nfb/rte_nfb_pmd_version.map > > @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ > > +DPDK_19.02 { > > + > > + local: *; > > +}; >=20 > These are all new symbols so they should be marked as experimental, > please see doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst >=20 > So after reading doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst I thought > that > all new drivers should be experimental as they are new before they > stabilize, > and during this time changes can be done to public functions without > much > hassle. > Should I keep driver experimental? Sorry that was just a misunderstanding on my part, I was thinking of libraries. Please disregard that comment. --=20 Kind regards, Luca Boccassi