[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 19/32] net/ngbe: add mailbox process operations

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 9/8/2021 9:37 AM, Jiawen Wu wrote:
> Add check operation for vf function level reset,
> mailbox messages and ack from vf.
> Waiting to process the messages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu at trustnetic.com>

<...>

> --- a/drivers/net/ngbe/meson.build
> +++ b/drivers/net/ngbe/meson.build
> @@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ sources = files(
>  deps += ['hash']
>  
>  includes += include_directories('base')
> +
> +install_headers('rte_pmd_ngbe.h')

Why installing this header?

Normally it is not expected drivers to have public headers, only some PMDs has
public APIs (we call them PMD specific APIs) but that is not somehting we want.

For this case why driver needs public symbols, can you please describe?