[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] baseband: fix drivers API

Maxime Coquelin maxime.coquelin at redhat.com
Wed Oct 7 13:09:19 CEST 2020



On 10/7/20 1:06 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 07/10/2020 12:52, Maxime Coquelin:
>> On 10/7/20 12:29 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>> 07/10/2020 12:12, Maxime Coquelin:
>>>> On 10/7/20 12:09 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>>>> 07/10/2020 10:22, Maxime Coquelin:
>>>>>> On 10/6/20 9:42 PM, Akhil Goyal wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The series prefixes drivers APIs with rte_<drv_name>_ in
>>>>>>>> order to avoid namespace pollution.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> These APIs are experimental, so no need to follow the
>>>>>>>> deprecation process.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Added Fixes commit in patch description.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for applying it to your tree.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did not add Fixes tag and Cc'ed stable at dpdk.org on purpose,
>>>>>> because I thought it is was not a good idea to backport API changes,
>>>>>> even if this is experimental it might be annoying for the user.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thomas, do you confirm?
>>>>>
>>>>> Absolutely: API must not change in a stable branch.
>>>>>
>>>>> If an API is changed, it must be in the release notes.
>>>>
>>>> Ok, even for experimental APIs? I thought not.
>>>
>>> Yes, experimental means it can change in the main branch
>>> without prior notice. But it must be noted when it's changed.
>>
>> Ok, do you want me to send add-on patches that you will squash when
>> pulling Akhil's branch?
> 
> Yes please

OK, will do that later today.

Thanks,
Maxime



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