[RFC v2] ethdev: an API for cache stashing hints

[Andrew Rybchenko]

On 10/23/24 20:59, Mattias Rönnblom wrote:
> On 2024-07-16 00:11, Wathsala Vithanage wrote:

...

>> +/**
>> + *
>> + * @warning
>> + * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change, or be removed, without prior 
>> notice
>> + *
>> + * Discover cache stashing hints and object types supported in the 
>> ethernet
>> + * device.
>> + *
> 
> Why is this needed?
> 
> It seems to me the application should just give hints what it thinks is 
> best, and then the PMD should do the best it can with that information.

+1, I think it is a very good idea

> 
> No validating, no discovering.
> 
> Now you have a lot of API verbiage for a fairly esoteric function.
> 
> Just to be clear: I think an API like this is a great idea. Controlling 
> how the NIC and other devices loads and stores data can be crucial.

+1