On 3/24/21 11:00 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 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. >
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