[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 05/12] ethdev: deprecate hard-to-use or ambiguous items and actions

[Ori Kam]

Hi Ivan,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan Malov <ivan.malov at oktetlabs.ru>
> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2021 5:39 PM
> Subject: [PATCH v3 05/12] ethdev: deprecate hard-to-use or ambiguous items and actions
> 
> PF, VF and PHY_PORT require that applications have extra knowledge of the underlying NIC and thus are
> hard to use.
> Also, the corresponding items depend on the direction attribute (ingress / egress), which complicates their
> use in applications and interpretation in PMDs.
> 
> The concept of PORT_ID is ambiguous as it doesn't say whether the port in question is an ethdev or the
> represented entity.
> 
> Items and actions PORT_REPRESENTOR, REPRESENTED_PORT should be used instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Malov <ivan.malov at oktetlabs.ru>
> ---

Acked-by: Ori Kam <orika at nvidia.com>
Thanks,
Ori