[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: introduce enable_driver_sdk to install driver headers

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 3/24/2021 4:24 PM, Tyler Retzlaff wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:30:36PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>> 24/03/2021 12:27, Ferruh Yigit:
>>>
>>> But not sure how to manage the same problem for whole project, if install all
>>> headers in one patch, or add them gradually via separate patches by time ...
>>
>> We did a cleanup in ethdev but not in other driver classes.
>> When the cleanup will be done gradually, the headers
>> must move in this new category driver_sdk_headers.
> 
> yes, some headers are not installed now.  so they need only to have
> their api marked __rte_internal and installed (since there should be no
> external consumer as a function of not being installed)
> 
> the more difficult case is where headers were installed but the api were
> not marked __rte_internal and appear in the stable version.map. for
> those i guess deprecation notice has to be issued before marking as
> internal.
> 

Are you referring to any specific APIs, can you share list of them?