> -----Original Message----- > From: Kinsella, Ray <m...@ashroe.eu> > Sent: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 4:15 AM > To: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agra...@nxp.com>; David Marchand > <david.march...@redhat.com>; Chautru, Nicolas > <nicolas.chau...@intel.com> > Cc: dev <dev@dpdk.org>; Akhil Goyal <gak...@marvell.com>; Thomas > Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>; Tom Rix <t...@redhat.com>; Zhang, > Mingshan <mingshan.zh...@intel.com>; Joshi, Arun > <arun.jo...@intel.com>; Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coque...@redhat.com> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] bbdev: remove experimental tag from API > > > > On 01/09/2021 04:52, Hemant Agrawal wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 6:27 PM Nicolas Chautru > >> <nicolas.chau...@intel.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> This was previously suggested last year > >>> > >> > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpat > >> c > >>> hes.dpdk.org%2Fproject%2Fdpdk%2Fpatch%2F1593213242-157394-2- > git- > >> send-e > >>> mail- > >> > nicolas.chautru%40intel.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Chemant.agrawal% > >>> > >> > 40nxp.com%7Cfcdfb339ec284057db1508d96c9dd048%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6f > >> a92cd99 > >>> > >> c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C637660247324212288%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZ > >> sb3d8eyJWIjo > >>> > >> > iMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1 > >> 000& > >>> > ;sdata=%2FYwaT29I4XlUxedcdCeyvM5z1R5QeNGTLLPY3XQBKjU%3D& > >> ;reserved=0 > >>> but there was request from community to wait another year to confirm > >> formally this api is mature. > >> > >> The request was to wait for a new vendor (i.e. non Intel) to > >> implement a bbdev driver for their hw. > >> > >> NXP proposed a driver for this class: > >> > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpat > >> ch > work.dpdk.org%2Fproject%2Fdpdk%2Flist%2F%3Fseries%3D16642%26state > >> > %3D%252A%26archive%3Dboth&data=04%7C01%7Chemant.agrawal% > >> > 40nxp.com%7Cfcdfb339ec284057db1508d96c9dd048%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6f > >> a92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C637660247324212288%7CUnknown%7CT > >> > WFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLC > >> > JXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=iorsQ7wAXyU2%2FaqeV5CrDp9asl8ztZ > >> nSrbDuJpCv9Gk%3D&reserved=0 > >> > >> What is the status of this driver? > > > > [Hemant] We are in process of resending the patches in next few days. > > Ok - just so we are clear - the net-net of that, is that the bbdev APIs will > be > 'experimental' > for another year, right?
There is little reason to defer further I believe. Henant please confirm you are not looking at any ABI change based on discussion for the last few months. > > > > >> I see no update on the bbdev API, which seems good, but a > >> confirmation is needed. Indeed that's all we need. Confirmation no change is require for new PMD. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> David Marchand > >
