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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/6] ethdev: Add tunnel encap/decap actions
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Thursday, April 19, 2018 4:03 PM, Adrien Mazarguil:
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/6] ethdev: Add tunnel encap/decap
> actions
>=20
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 10:04:18PM +0100, Declan Doherty wrote:

[...]

>=20
> I'm still unsure about the definition involving a list of items. I imagin=
ed
> these actions even less generic than that. How about tagging them
> EXPERIMENTAL until sorted out through the first PMD implementation?

I think every new API should be marked as experimental. At least for one re=
lease.=20
Here in specific, because there is no actual implementation of those APIs i=
n any of the drivers.=20

>=20
> (We could even provide forward declarations only to prevent applications
> from using them in the meantime.)
>=20
> --
> Adrien Mazarguil
> 6WIND