Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] bbdev: remove experimental tag from API

[Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>]

HI Maxime,

> 
> On 9/1/21 4:54 PM, Chautru, Nicolas wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Kinsella, Ray <mdr@ashroe.eu>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 4:15 AM
> >> To: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>; David Marchand
> >> <david.marchand@redhat.com>; Chautru, Nicolas
> >> <nicolas.chautru@intel.com>
> >> Cc: dev <dev@dpdk.org>; Akhil Goyal <gakhil@marvell.com>; Thomas
> >> Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>; Zhang,
> >> Mingshan <mingshan.zhang@intel.com>; Joshi, Arun
> >> <arun.joshi@intel.com>; Maxime Coquelin
> <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] bbdev: remove experimental tag from API
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 01/09/2021 04:52, Hemant Agrawal wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 6:27 PM Nicolas Chautru
> >>>> <nicolas.chautru@intel.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This was previously suggested last year
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >> https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpat
> >>>> c
> >>>>> hes.dpdk.org%2Fproject%2Fdpdk%2Fpatch%2F1593213242-157394-2-
> >> git-
> >>>> send-e
> >>>>> mail-
> >>>>
> >>
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> >>>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>> but there was request from community to wait another year to
> >>>>> confirm
> >>>> formally this api is mature.
> >>>>
> >>>> The request was to wait for a new vendor (i.e. non Intel) to
> >>>> implement a bbdev driver for their hw.
> >>>>
> >>>> NXP proposed a driver for this class:
> >>>>
> >> https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpat
> >>>> ch
> >>
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> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>> What is the status of this driver?
> >>>
> >>> [Hemant]  We are in process of resending the patches in next few days.
> >>
> >> Ok - just so we are clear - the net-net of that, is that the bbdev
> >> APIs will be 'experimental'
> >> for another year, right?
> >
> > There is little reason to defer further I believe. Henant please confirm you
> are not looking at any ABI change based on discussion for the last few
> months.
> >
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> I see no update on the bbdev API, which seems good, but a
> >>>> confirmation is needed.
> >
> > Indeed that's all we need. Confirmation no change is require for new PMD.
> 
> Hemant, could you confirm this is good for you?

[Hemant] I am ok to remove experimental from these APIs. However, can that wait towards later part for this release. 

NXP will be sending few changes in next few days for the APIs. 

Regards,
Hemant  


> 
> Thanks,
> Maxime
> 
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> David Marchand
> >>>