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Thu, 7 May 2020 16:04:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> To: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com> Cc: dpdk stable <stable@dpdk.org>, dev <dev@dpdk.org>, Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>, Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>, Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>, Raslan <rasland@mellanox.com>, Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>, Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu> Date: Thu, 07 May 2020 22:04:05 +0200 Message-ID: <1877030.kXSN5OTJKJ@thomas> In-Reply-To: <CAJFAV8y5FBDea2-dm8z=DdnyuHJQ-_-Fjr_juEC=MfQXynSeQQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20191204100546.32095-1-david.marchand@redhat.com> <9272526.6B3L8A1auC@xps> <CAJFAV8y5FBDea2-dm8z=DdnyuHJQ-_-Fjr_juEC=MfQXynSeQQ@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] drivers/net: fix mlx* glue libraries ABI version X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches <stable.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/options/stable>, <mailto:stable-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/stable/> List-Post: <mailto:stable@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:stable-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/stable>, <mailto:stable-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: stable-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "stable" <stable-bounces@dpdk.org> 07/05/2020 14:35, David Marchand: > On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 11:18 PM Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote: > > > > 04/12/2019 11:05, David Marchand: > > > Those libraries have been missed when switching to global ABI version. > > > > The versioning of the glue libraries are for compatibility checks > > between the PMD and its dependency (rdma-core) packaged as a plugin, > > called glue library. > > > > This versioning is updated when there is a change in the verbs glue > > interface, in order to avoid issues in case of PMD and glue > > updated separately with a non-compatible version. > > I don't think the mlx glue libraries are part of the ABI policy > > which acts at the application level. > > > > Am I missing something? > > Sorry, this patch fell into the cracks. > > I agree that this is not part of the ABI policy. > This version only indicates something internal. > > But what I am proposing here is just to remove this special case. > What is the point of exposing a special version, while the net drivers > are the only one depending on those glue libs? > Do you expect separate packaging for the net driver and its associated glue lib? > > This special version also makes it impossible to install two versions > of dpdk if those versions of dpdk need the same glue version. Yes I'm OK with using DPDK version for glue versioning.