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 5DF13A0561; Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:11:42 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42224140ED8; Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:11:42 +0100 (CET) Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26940140EC3 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:11:40 +0100 (CET) IronPort-SDR: H74Pkb/RcFjUCSFFlCUJo6d/SvlUls6UO6oSDUEpHr9Z0ZG2Rqztpvkpm/ecO4xVDo3aOoLJqq CG74UQ8oc5Iw== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9926"; a="188873367" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.81,257,1610438400"; d="scan'208";a="188873367" Received: from fmsmga008.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.58]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 17 Mar 2021 10:11:40 -0700 IronPort-SDR: FkbLO03R0FSxUT/MM/pzK2DDXNp96BPavsuK9Za/2G0Glbimt4uCqpPymVQ0jOyEbju79u436r 2MeGqg5g4k2w== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.81,257,1610438400"; d="scan'208";a="406008868" Received: from mmansoor-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.252.22.40]) ([10.252.22.40]) by fmsmga008-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 17 Mar 2021 10:11:38 -0700 To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: Xueming Li , Andrew Rybchenko , dev@dpdk.org, Viacheslav Ovsiienko , Asaf Penso , mdr@ashroe.eu, bruce.richardson@intel.com, david.marchand@redhat.com References: <1608303356-13089-2-git-send-email-xuemingl@nvidia.com> <1670440.A2tmBZZM1K@thomas> <261eaa95-ba44-9085-94ac-97c78e4afb94@intel.com> <3346773.ZxYClqdKVh@thomas> From: Ferruh Yigit X-User: ferruhy Message-ID: <9d9006f5-ff7a-ded4-3d33-1107b68a6043@intel.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 17:11:36 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3346773.ZxYClqdKVh@thomas> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 08/10] ethdev: new API to get representor info 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" On 3/17/2021 6:57 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 17/03/2021 00:34, Ferruh Yigit: >> On 3/16/2021 9:19 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: >>> 16/03/2021 20:18, Ferruh Yigit: >>>> On 3/11/2021 1:13 PM, Xueming Li wrote: >>>>> + # added in 21.05 >>>>> + rte_eth_representor_info_get; >>>> >>>> New API documented in release notes, "API Changes" section, while merging. >>> >>> In general we don't mention new API in release notes. >>> What is the intent Ferruh? >>> >> >> Intent is just document new APIs. >> I recognized that new APIs are not mentioned previously, is there a specific >> reason to it? Shouldn't be good to document them? > > In general, a new API comes with a new feature description. > > The API changes section is for documenting what must be adapted > in the applications. > If we add more info in this section, I'm afraid it will be less > straightforward for those who just need to maintain apps. > > OK, I will remove it back.