[dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/2] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR

[Mattias Rönnblom]

On 2019-04-22 13:34, Neil Horman wrote:

>> +uint64_t __rte_experimental
>> +rte_rand(void)
> Do you really want to mark this as experimental?  I know it will trigger the
> symbol checker with a warning if you don't, but this function already existed
> previously and was accepted as part of the ABI.  Given that the prototype hasn't
> changed, I think you just need to accept it as a non-experimental function
> 

I'll remove the experimental tag and move it into the 19_05 section 
(without suggesting it should go into 19.05). That maneuver seems not to 
trigger any build warnings/errors.

It's been a part of the API since forever, but it was never a part of 
the ABI.