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From: "Xueming(Steven) Li" <xuemingl@nvidia.com>
To: NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Cc: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>, "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	Wang Haiyue <haiyue.wang@intel.com>, Kinsella Ray <mdr@ashroe.eu>,
	"david.marchand@redhat.com" <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
	"ferruh.yigit@intel.com" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:42:36 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <DM4PR12MB53738B28855A1FF1119E8367A1079@DM4PR12MB5373.namprd12.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2300002.O0bGQxM10Q@thomas>

Thanks for clarification, will update in next version.
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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2021 2:37:19 PM
To: Xueming(Steven) Li <xuemingl@nvidia.com>
Cc: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>; dev@dpdk.org <dev@dpdk.org>; Wang Haiyue <haiyue.wang@intel.com>; Kinsella Ray <mdr@ashroe.eu>; david.marchand@redhat.com <david.marchand@redhat.com>; ferruh.yigit@intel.com <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus

23/06/2021 16:52, Xueming(Steven) Li:
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > 23/06/2021 01:50, Xueming(Steven) Li:
> > > From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > > > 13/06/2021 14:58, Xueming Li:
> > > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/bus/auxiliary/version.map
> > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
> > > > > +EXPERIMENTAL {
> > > > > +     global:
> > > > > +
> > > > > +     # added in 21.08
> > > > > +     rte_auxiliary_register;
> > > > > +     rte_auxiliary_unregister;
> > > > > +};
> > > >
> > > > After more thoughts, shouldn't it be an internal symbol?
> > > > It is used only by DPDK drivers.
> > >
> > > So users will not be able to compose their own driver and register
> > > with auxiliary bus?z
> >
> > Yes, that's an interesting question actually.
> > We can continue with experimental/stable status of driver ABI, but we should invent a new ABI flag like DRIVER, so there is no stability
> > policy on such symbol.
>
> Not quite understand here, why we want to export the function but no ABI guarantee? the api shouldn't change frequently IMHO.

Sorry my message was not clear.
I am OK to keep "EXPERIMENTAL" in this patch.
But in future, we don't want to make driver interface as part
of the stable ABI because it makes evolution harder for no good reason:
nobody is asking for a stable interface with drivers.



  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-24  8:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-11 13:01 [dpdk-dev] [RFC] " Xueming Li
2021-04-12  8:29 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-04-13  3:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] " Xueming Li
2021-04-13  8:49   ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-04-14  2:59   ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-04-14  8:17     ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-04-14  8:30       ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-04-14 15:49       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-04-14 15:39     ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-04-14 16:13       ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-04-15  7:35   ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-04-15  7:46     ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-04-15  7:51       ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-04-15  7:55         ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-04-15  7:59           ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-04-15  8:06             ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-05-10 13:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2] " Xueming Li
2021-05-11  9:47     ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-06-10  3:30       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-06-08  7:53     ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-08  8:41       ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-06-10  6:29         ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-06-10 15:16           ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-06-10  6:30       ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-06-13  8:19     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] devargs: add common key definition Xueming Li
2021-06-13  8:19     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus Xueming Li
2021-06-13 12:58     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/2] devargs: add common key definition Xueming Li
2021-06-21  8:08       ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-23  0:03       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 " Xueming Li
2021-06-24 10:05         ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-23  0:03       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus Xueming Li
2021-06-24 16:18         ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-25  3:26           ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-06-25 12:03             ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-25 11:47         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/2] devargs: add common key definition Xueming Li
2021-07-04 15:51           ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-05  5:36           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 " Xueming Li
2021-07-05  5:36           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus Xueming Li
2021-07-05  6:47             ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-07-05  6:45           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/2] devargs: add common key definition Xueming Li
2021-07-05  9:26             ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-07-05  6:45           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus Xueming Li
2021-07-05  9:19             ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-05  9:30               ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-07-05  9:35                 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-05 14:57                   ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-07-05 15:06                     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-05 16:47             ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-25 11:47         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 " Xueming Li
2021-07-04 16:13           ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-05  5:47             ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-08-04  9:50           ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-08-04  9:56             ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-08-04 10:00           ` Kinsella, Ray
     [not found]             ` <DM4PR12MB5373DBD9E73E5E0E8505C129A1F19@DM4PR12MB5373.namprd12.prod.outlook.com>
     [not found]               ` <97d5d1b3-40c3-09ac-2978-83c984b30af0@ashroe.eu>
     [not found]                 ` <DM4PR12MB53736410D2C07101F872363EA1F19@DM4PR12MB5373.namprd12.prod.outlook.com>
2021-08-04 12:14                   ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-08-04 13:00                     ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-08-04 13:12                       ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-08-04 13:53                         ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-08-04 14:13                           ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-13 12:58     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 " Xueming Li
2021-06-21 16:11       ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-22 23:50         ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-06-23  8:15           ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-23 14:52             ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-06-24  6:37               ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-24  8:42                 ` Xueming(Steven) Li [this message]
2021-06-23  8:21           ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-06-23 13:54             ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-06-25  4:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC] " Stephen Hemminger
2021-06-25 11:24   ` Xueming(Steven) Li

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