HI Maxime, > > On 9/1/21 4:54 PM, Chautru, Nicolas wrote: > > > > > >> -----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. > > Hemant, could you confirm this is good for you?
[Hemant] I am ok to remove experimental from these APIs. However, can that wait towards later part for this release. NXP will be sending few changes in next few days for the APIs. Regards, Hemant > > Thanks, > Maxime > > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> David Marchand > >>>
