> -----Original Message----- > From: Yigit, Ferruh <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 17:02 > To: Wang, Haiyue <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/3] net/ixgbe: promote some API to stable > > On 9/1/2021 6:07 AM, Haiyue Wang wrote: > > The DPDK Symbol Bot reports: > > Please note the symbols listed below have expired. In line with the > > DPDK ABI policy, they should be scheduled for removal, in the next > > DPDK release. > > > > Symbol > > rte_pmd_ixgbe_mdio_lock > > rte_pmd_ixgbe_mdio_unlock > > rte_pmd_ixgbe_mdio_unlocked_read > > rte_pmd_ixgbe_mdio_unlocked_write > > rte_pmd_ixgbe_upd_fctrl_sbp > > I wonder if we should keep PMD specific APIs as experimental (Not talking > about > mbuf 'dynfield' / 'dynflag' APIs, we can promote them).
Yes, makes sense. > > If an application is using PMD specific API, not sure if it will concern about > PMD specific APIs. > And keeping PMD specific APIs lets us remove them as soon as we can, also adds > additional discourage for users to use them. Can update this to DPDK ABI Policy, section 3.5.3. https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/contributing/abi_policy.html > > > > > Signed-off-by: Haiyue Wang <[email protected]> > > > <...> >
