[PATCH v4 03/28] ethdev: mark rte_mtr API's as stable

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:18:29 +0000
"Dumitrescu, Cristian" <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 8:10 PM
> > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>; Thomas Monjalon
> > <thomas at monjalon.net>; Dumitrescu, Cristian
> > <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>; Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at amd.com>;
> > Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru>
> > Subject: [PATCH v4 03/28] ethdev: mark rte_mtr API's as stable
> > 
> > These haven't changed in a while, time has come to make them
> > not experimental.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > ---  
> 
> NAK.
> 
> This API needs more drivers to use it and more time before transitioning to stable.

We need to discuss this at tech board. The experimental flag was intended to 
be allowed for only a limited time. The mtr library was added 5 years ago in 17.11
release! If it is not used now, it should be removed.