24/03/2021 19:08, Ferruh Yigit: > On 3/21/2021 9:00 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > The header file rte_eth_ctrl.h should not be needed because > > this legacy filtering API is completely replaced with the rte_flow API. > > However some definitions from this file are still used by some drivers, > > but such usage is already covered by an implicit include via rte_ethdev.h. > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> > > Acked-by: Rosen Xu <rosen...@intel.com> > > Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agra...@nxp.com> > > --- > > drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ptp.c | 1 - > > drivers/net/iavf/iavf_hash.c | 1 - > > drivers/net/ice/ice_acl_filter.c | 1 - > > drivers/net/ice/ice_hash.c | 1 - > > drivers/net/ice/ice_switch_filter.c | 1 - > > drivers/net/igc/igc_filter.h | 1 - > > drivers/net/ipn3ke/ipn3ke_flow.c | 1 - > > Although this will work, if the above drives are using the defines from the > header file, isn't it better to include it explicitly? > > What is the benefit of including the header implicitly?
The benefit is to progressively remove rte_eth_ctrl.h. I want it to disappear.
