[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: support QinQ strip offload

Iremonger, Bernard bernard.iremonger at intel.com
Tue Jul 23 11:07:43 CEST 2019


Hi Ferruh,

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> >> Duplication is bad, it is bad to have two different ways to do same thing.
> >> I am not sure if Vivek is aware of duplicated functions but
> >> explicitly prefers to update old versions.
> >> I suggest lets stop improving these ones and get rid of them asap.
> >
> > Testpmd is widely used so removing commands without notice will
> probably not go down too well with the community.
> 
> We can make sure release notes is updated for removed commands and
> what is replacing them, also can have same thing in the commit log, these can
> help user.
> 
> But I am dubious to follow deprecation process for testpmd commands.

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More opinions are probably needed on removing testpmd commands.

Regards,

Bernard


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