[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/5] eal: make OS shims internal

[Dmitry Kozlyuk]

2021-03-31 23:55 (UTC+0200), Thomas Monjalon:
> 31/03/2021 23:45, Nick Connolly:
> > >
> > > I don't understand your point.
> > > I am just proposing to allow some apps to explicitly include the shim
> > > for their convenience in case they are fully based on DPDK and
> > > understand the risk of conflict with some other code.  
> > 
> > 
> > Agreed - there’s no harm in doing so.
> > 
> > My point was simply that for a non-trivial application I suspect it will
> > have limited value due to the sorts of conflicts that are likely to arise.  
> 
> OK yes.
> If we expose this header, we should bring it with a disclaimer.

Let's now avoid "internal" (rte_os_shim?), but expose it later, if ever:

1. The concept of "not so public" API is new, probably a techboard subject.
2. We may want devtools checks against including it from public headers.