From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB4AFA0A0C; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 14:26:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66F9041353; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 14:26:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69B6C40686; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 14:26:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id A51315C00F7; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 08:26:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 02 Jul 2021 08:26:36 -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=fm1; bh= 55GElJ2VEWhQKNQyRBC0HE2Msyfg8/aMzFLWqw5N4GY=; b=l27AYLCfa6gCl48j +hyjuniRAs/1M4aQethm0FSGjVQa+2kusqDn0yYBaI/ie3Joi97LhfgyywnwA/SX pvVov6BsMyWyJv+1K+63EuZ4OPRV/XFrsfnXg1g4KkNht9hg1llDBCUz1bxU39+J MsUvIwjxvsser9DYmDMaZEHIzFHROiNaba9tAvhYWkdCl6eLeLNVQ2oqVHaOEeFU hMbf8qDpMO4/5sq9b62OrJLKGuZvBW/rlP0V9DitJkSVhQ0hvmVBT940+sRIzx8V AW1nSFbA2+8Fx7YKRHWo0n3EqluDuNQ0JI+fiMMYEosn+HasxKVjM4LMseRz+dnZ 18L5Ag== 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=fm3; bh=55GElJ2VEWhQKNQyRBC0HE2Msyfg8/aMzFLWqw5N4 GY=; b=EunDRfuVHzT6goeKIG5lAEIwzX3lpYVZk4mT7F++I3H0wPT+mGGXGWvuG rDZj1jjcN79z+50qPHNRRLm03KKhUA9HEG3dWf68mWDLzVX8uj/45LiKWD8lw32C qFlO11oWew28kARenqon0jE17Xla4jCEW1oDHl7lwBkrrDFVDBxSA0qFpKFxUDod q0vbhJmJKzoDBRIkHJb2Qlx3ZArUByCbNqYMZfbBAHmJbK2mLn5yJcYfkX9y0mVo /X2kS88JosMp/6geFZsmbEkjLNd6qhsSsYt2Itf44UHvk3p34bOkraaKiDVAJOnf +iSZPf5ZBxpl2bLfaY64WPnHZ3bGg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrfeeikedgheduucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvufffkfgjfhgggfgtsehtqhertddttddunecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgr shcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecugg ftrfgrthhtvghrnhepfeegffeihfeftedthfdvgfetkeffffdukeevtdevtddvgfevuedu veegvdeggedtnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrh homhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvth X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 08:26:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Morten =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Br=F8rup?= Cc: dpdk-techboard , dpdk-dev Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2021 14:26:32 +0200 Message-ID: <7891702.e7vHEqvGKN@thomas> In-Reply-To: <98CBD80474FA8B44BF855DF32C47DC35C618D2@smartserver.smartshare.dk> References: <98CBD80474FA8B44BF855DF32C47DC35C618D2@smartserver.smartshare.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-techboard] ABI/API stability towards drivers X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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" 02/07/2021 10:00, Morten Br=F8rup: > Regarding the ongoing ABI stability project, it is suggested to export dr= iver interfaces as internal. >=20 > What are we targeting regarding ABI and API stability towards drivers? No stability for driver interface. It is recommended to make drivers internal. If a driver is kept external to DPDK, there is a maintenance cost.