From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A5A9A00C5 for ; Thu, 7 May 2020 22:04:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50B491DC3A; Thu, 7 May 2020 22:04:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F2831D979; Thu, 7 May 2020 22:04:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute7.internal (compute7.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id D47945C00CC; Thu, 7 May 2020 16:04:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute7.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 07 May 2020 16:04:07 -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= AxeWjVbYWqkGD8BgK4IDxZAafQxR9059AvuDntawC9Q=; b=Pnk2ZmIROcZVqmU5 nrc+/8eyk58jRRki5X4GO1DyqiIb9huFrPjErWymu4b3Bu8DNsSbmdR2dV6C8WAD CQmFyp93ma++gWzfYJO0ToPTIEZcd/ddYj+8JCyqmpGcQuSMetKbrKji2O9+QnPR cFdDCK3r762uf4b0ixLB7m3Yt+2IcBeziKjsmHAO81Opji6tgPY1PjWN56pKViJZ mqGpnuzbE6tddKG4mI+U1bcrICEXv33Kr3WeONA0z0VuMP9VO68Wh/trhNOreIpw k9KKIGKusr+fo1kHRRTfg9ygVWPdBmS+FRquGUk1s6gn1W7cZh4MdGtvuYrFYLwQ 4hMw3Q== 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=fm2; bh=AxeWjVbYWqkGD8BgK4IDxZAafQxR9059AvuDntawC 9Q=; b=RPNMPJSaXegoJq2JnCUiFe8qxeINDeQtDGr8KbZQIO7BbeGj2m3ostWk+ +m2Z3AjE3k7JmHo3tW2xDPbD4kOVCpPudPVKZSe/02BIvVzGM20ykyviR9WnB2+6 f16LN641YjlCJujLkyaBxFUbsRTOFd+t9r6m5S6/SbknpXe6w+yroXsaeKw8KEfM 9/md687ebazP0TFsPG1jiWeEfDKPQBxi66DTXMuScmHv06YtMTnJSfnNYqQIfUEe hiyDZcTKVVBLJKlRlfrwtRwo8BG/k8JJDfc2xaj3PUMCP+f2QxPlTdOChtp+7v7A GNg1BBVrsLX0XzcsMrTBNQ5P44FNw== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduhedrkedtgddugedvucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvufffkfgjfhgggfgtsehtufertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgr shcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecugg ftrfgrthhtvghrnhepudeggfdvfeduffdtfeeglefghfeukefgfffhueejtdetuedtjeeu ieeivdffgeehnecukfhppeejjedrudefgedrvddtfedrudekgeenucevlhhushhtvghruf hiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghl ohhnrdhnvght X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 752173280065; Thu, 7 May 2020 16:04:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: David Marchand Cc: dpdk stable , dev , Matan Azrad , Shahaf Shuler , Viacheslav Ovsiienko , Raslan , Luca Boccassi , Ray Kinsella Date: Thu, 07 May 2020 22:04:05 +0200 Message-ID: <1877030.kXSN5OTJKJ@thomas> In-Reply-To: References: <20191204100546.32095-1-david.marchand@redhat.com> <9272526.6B3L8A1auC@xps> 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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: stable-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "stable" 07/05/2020 14:35, David Marchand: > On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 11:18 PM Thomas Monjalon 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.