[dpdk-dev] DPDK API/ABI Stability

[Neil Horman]

Hey all-
	I was going to include this as an addendum to the packaging thread on
this list, but I can't seem to find it in my inbox, so forgive me starting a new
one.

	I wanted to broach the subject of ABI/API stability on the list here.
Given the recent great efforts to make dpdk packagable by disributions, I think
we probably need to discuss API stability in more depth and come up with a plan
to implement it.  Has anyone started looking into this?  If not, it seems to me
to be reasonable to start by placing a line in the sand with the functions
documented here:

http://dpdk.org/doc/api/

It seems to me we can start reviewing the API library by library, enusring only
those functions are exported, making sure the data types are appropriate for
export, and marking them with a linker script to version them appropriately.

Thoughts?

Neil