[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/3] net/ixgbe: promote some API to stable

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 9/1/2021 6:07 AM, Haiyue Wang wrote:
> The DPDK Symbol Bot reports:
> Please note the symbols listed below have expired. In line with the
> DPDK ABI policy, they should be scheduled for removal, in the next
> DPDK release.
> 
> Symbol
> rte_pmd_ixgbe_mdio_lock
> rte_pmd_ixgbe_mdio_unlock
> rte_pmd_ixgbe_mdio_unlocked_read
> rte_pmd_ixgbe_mdio_unlocked_write
> rte_pmd_ixgbe_upd_fctrl_sbp

I wonder if we should keep PMD specific APIs as experimental (Not talking about
mbuf 'dynfield' / 'dynflag' APIs, we can promote them).

If an application is using PMD specific API, not sure if it will concern about
PMD specific APIs.
And keeping PMD specific APIs lets us remove them as soon as we can, also adds
additional discourage for users to use them.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang at intel.com>


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