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> Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 15:48:54 +0200
> From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> To: Nikhil Rao <nikhil....@intel.com>
> Cc: Jerin Jacob <jerin.ja...@caviumnetworks.com>, ferruh.yi...@intel.com,
> lei.a....@intel.com, dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2] eventdev: make ethernet port
> identifiers 16 bit
>
> 10/05/2018 06:31, Jerin Jacob:
> > > Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 02:22:40 +0530
> > > From: Nikhil Rao <nikhil....@intel.com>
> > >
> > > Ethernet port ID data size has been extended to 16 bits size 17.11
> > > Update the Rx event adapter interface and implementation accordingly.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 9c38b704d280 ("eventdev: add eth Rx adapter implementation")
> > > Signed-off-by: Nikhil Rao <nikhil....@intel.com>
> > > Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
> >
> > Since it is an ABI change, please bump the library version.
> > eth_rx_adapter still under experimental tag, IMO, no deprecation notice is
> > required.
>
> The ABI changes must be described in the release notes too.
>
> There is no deprecation notice for this ABI change.
> According the the policy, you must send a notice in 18.05,
> and do the change in 18.08.
Even for the APIs with experimental tag? If so, I don't see any
difference between experimental vs non experimental API?
>
> This commit will be dropped when pulling the eventdev tree, sorry.
>
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