[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] cryptodev: Remove EXPERIMENTAL label

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Tue Apr 5 10:47:31 CEST 2016


2016-04-05 08:53, Fiona Trahe:
> The cryptodev API was introduced in the DPDK 2.2 release.
> Since then it has
>  - been reviewed and iterated for the DPDK 16.04 release
>  - had extensive use by the l2fwd-crypto app,
> 			the ipsec-secgw example app,
> 			the test app.
> We believe it is now stable and the EXPERIMENTAL label should be removed.

Are you sure sure? :)
It means you will try hard to not change the API anymore
or you'll need a deprecation notice strongly agreed (outside of your team).

>   * Defines RTE Crypto Device APIs for the provisioning of cipher and
>   * authentication operations.
>   *

This empty line can be removed.

> - * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
> - *
>   */



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