From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 725BB2B94 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2018 02:07:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0418B220D5; Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:07:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:07:22 -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=mesmtp; bh=DShFwbncu9xwe8dzpPakuSoQnVK/ajGyiRf7FSeoIqQ=; b=DLBOxch7tWQ0 SP6LiT+e7ewFG8GXYgNp1mW/GjX3LyJ+He4XYJZLAb8L5wiYBvZc2PEGxh+WaL1/ 7potBepftYcoWoz11WaNCF/X6uH5rUTVfgLQ46L8OIOE3QbXdONdDjeSl+QmwOe0 jT8RJ7kffypPOjsB+8AXY0xckdKrawI= 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=DShFwbncu9xwe8dzpPakuSoQnVK/ajGyiRf7FSeoI qQ=; b=LVNaHGD+OY2o1kvq2xS7YvFo0A59ypgipn7k5Y8MFomuMdCb9Dqfu7GO4 6dn/TPyMlulaK6N3C8FeS6UlKJ67YIl9k/PSGGAUZ35vk/tvGBuUGLnwTbf8Rbb4 a9qVMYVIyzin4hmBSAoXtQEVJIxzANJBOgjJLk4JPK37aUf1t+7RdVBjBKdPVg+4 fStAcpLdg9I4oOOAqFtltT4SrI+vNYtjdCnHmwBTlCOHiqQGX1eTXpnPkChzeEfg euiYgJolSxZCtE+VFg67CVpEa48OMXaqBTumOn6IGOZTM8nTZAkXWD3O4dPog4WB pDpyeIqcOblN9Cbn+Vy7+6ebWgVIw== X-ME-Sender: 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 4782B102E9; Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:07:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Ferruh Yigit Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Shreyansh Jain , John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic , "yipeng1.wang@intel.com" , "pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com" Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 02:07:22 +0200 Message-ID: <5568978.q47av0dVMy@xps> In-Reply-To: References: <20181015145057.37864-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20181015145057.37864-6-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/6] doc: remove internal libs from release notes 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: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:07:22 -0000 16/10/2018 13:52, Shreyansh Jain: > On Monday 15 October 2018 08:20 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > > These libraries has exported functions but the target of those functions > > are not user but other libraries. > > > > The version of these libraries doesn't mean much to the user so can be > > dropped from release notes. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit > > --- > > Indeed this is more a question, should we keep them or remove them? > > +1 for removing them. > At least for dpaa/fslmc perspective, I don't see any additional benefit > in release note. These libraries (dpaa/fslmc) are not actually > 'libraries' in true (read, plugability) sense :) > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst > > - + librte_bus_dpaa.so.2 > > - + librte_bus_fslmc.so.2 > > - + librte_bus_ifpga.so.2 > > - + librte_bus_pci.so.2 > > - + librte_bus_vdev.so.2 > > - + librte_bus_vmbus.so.2 The ABI of bus libraries is important if you want to plug a PMD into an older DPDK: if bus ABI has changed, you cannot. I am for keeping them. > > - librte_pci.so.1 This is a true library!