Re: [PATCH v3] ethdev: introduce dump API

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>]

On 2/9/2022 1:21 AM, Min Hu (Connor) wrote:
> Added the ethdev dump API which provides querying private info from ethdev.
> There exists many private properties in different PMD drivers, such as
> adapter state, Rx/Tx func algorithm in hns3 PMD. The information of these
> properties is important for debug. As the information is private, the new
> API is introduced.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Min Hu (Connor)<humin29@huawei.com>
> Acked-by: Morten Brørup<mb@smartsharesystems.com>
> Acked-by: Ray Kinsella<mdr@ashroe.eu>
> Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde<ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
> ---
> v3:
> * change 'ethdev' to 'device'
> v2:
> * fixed comments from Ferruh.
> ---
>   doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_03.rst |  7 +++++++
>   lib/ethdev/ethdev_driver.h             | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>   lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c                | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>   lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h                | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>   lib/ethdev/version.map                 |  3 +++


Btw, can you please confirm that there will be a PMD implementation
in this release, (it can be after -rc1)?
Because our policy requires at least one PMD implementation is
implemented to accept a new API.
(Thomas/David, please correct me if I remember the policy wrong)