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 8C8CC46398 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:34:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83E9B4060C; Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:34:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pl1-f172.google.com (mail-pl1-f172.google.com [209.85.214.172]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71FA5400D7 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:34:38 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pl1-f172.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-2243803b776so69680545ad.0 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:34:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1741620877; x=1742225677; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=pdWlvZbMFlDoR2ercLr8aRO6kL4TvXuYdTEm80Zithg=; b=xueEKsc2qyWU1WyS5+DT7BXBDPuhBQ/Iy96pPScq6k5P3l9Do1eAPYOrkX9nuHA9qT NcFrgIqaUrGzYYBuVhrV6CfW7AsybqCO3eZRT53P/N7jzhs2dew9m8j5XsXetvsMs/vd rKC0CicqL96JZshH6izBmLuMkhO2YVCN6lEOwTdhcyu7KzoSCXPJ7xkQlVCl3UHtrjzT rDvh+v4wZpqq8U748Igw7To/VnrbWJRr1lKvb0ywSBWrnMlr2IIFepa86RfjApFcniqO ItnrhFmbQIR5vh+bQjzR1Kb2x6hx0qmvWoUX/y1xLgoVEakapYneM34Y/9tEceiSgU9d 2RXg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1741620877; x=1742225677; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=pdWlvZbMFlDoR2ercLr8aRO6kL4TvXuYdTEm80Zithg=; b=VVh9vZ7uy7sDJooJNeM8dY0bGLUYpkJk2ZS4fjc0uCijZiLK06hbK1/dy6XivpxJGH hn2+ymzSjFSPNUPnbCq5qCWSr3Sf4p2kXiwtAVnla7f783lQ6Y5qIaKFkd7McjJCLy27 JFswe6F9DxMGvENQK4kdqnkR67PCFrmsI1D8zV0Yhp6JsdszdXKMJ8mLyiK7S9awmZD4 VTO+P/03ddkvdXN8mOcF7XDmUcF7v5yjntx7Zot7NToxJGdww0rjkZC6pw4F6qFGw6Jl mNvWDauT/O+UFk0y1i4FSoYhqgjs/YQezo9k3XM6WJa2yCgkNiC6JapULKkwd3NGh8PO k8NA== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCWIvazXEGUSMn6z2NOFrbe2DK9Huz0mzxtxG6jLBqHITD32oST8fLbqRCyazffcdsfT3ybttW4=@dpdk.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwwL8tGPDHsBmvFB/snQ6e0MTPF1xZijz0IGYSOs1L/mcBcEDEx Qu9eBH9XRP5CbEgWZA+Eeo1U3m1CckJ4dxv0WD7ki6AuvtsRAvz+t6vKbsGGaII= X-Gm-Gg: ASbGnct9QDdifinX3D48HgzXw0jKy6x9X+73FZ60Zo/FrcPYa0La1Sa5gVv+2mgeHjJ Kp8gx18JZkNdXE5llweUA0dudnBLAXt+5odc5JBPVd71kBk0UIB3hq9MyL9eceC36VFSsKKl6Vq 39kkysVT2WbFBouWJ1ATesiy3gcmxbVG1+YLhQHUcAg+VreyroWcWH0m/MGtUIdeIRY2tN8QHwd tpwVDloN4YgI9Dj7EU+WgJVJRa2yn5EeIu6eUpF81nC/dAa5yhAXHVRWLqUQAuPCRBpm+f8ByKA q90jthPC/gMJxhosIM14U5vPHxThb/aPEcO1xrhNaFShnHzRPAOShkzRPyY4ItMtNgUW+xsr119 iHa6ZXa3PkAMCPDEXB9b6vQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEoS/HtqdLj3LqMTajQ2SVXBo4OJhOBudy7OOuEa1Xl5R47kf2npn3aUEKj9oMHNzM+WKBODQ== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6a00:2351:b0:730:99cb:7c2f with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-736aa9d22f3mr21041828b3a.6.1741620877665; Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:34:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-96-226.wavecable.com. [204.195.96.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d2e1a72fcca58-7369c682088sm8244167b3a.89.2025.03.10.08.34.37 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:34:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:34:33 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: fengchengwen Cc: Thierry Herbelot , , Thomas Monjalon , Subject: Re: [PATCH] ethdev: fix get_reg_info Message-ID: <20250310083433.39baff9c@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: <11224e6b-4101-415e-bab3-b526688bace2@huawei.com> References: <20250218115828.2107335-1-thierry.herbelot@6wind.com> <11224e6b-4101-415e-bab3-b526688bace2@huawei.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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 On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 17:40:17 +0800 fengchengwen wrote: > I think there are ambiguities in the original API definition: > 1) the width was used as an output parameter in current all PMD impl. > 2) the offset was unused in current all PMD impl. > > But maybe other non-opensource PMD will use these two field. > So I think it's OK to copy the two fields (maybe another field "version") before invoke _ext API. It is not necessary to accommodate drivers not in the current tree. If they get broken, not our problem. Having a stable driver API was never agreed to.