On 7/5/21 5:57 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 05/07/2021 11:35, Andrew Rybchenko: >> On 7/5/21 12:30 PM, Xueming(Steven) Li wrote: >>> From: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybche...@oktetlabs.ru> >>>> I still don't understand if we really need to make the API a part of >>>> stable API/ABI in the future. Can it be internal? >>> >>> There was some discussion on this with Thomas in earlier version. >>> Users might want to register/unregister their own PMD driver, >>> Is this a valid scenario? >> >> Yes, it is true, but should DPDK care that much about >> out-of-tree drivers. I'm just asking since don't know >> techboard position on it. > > I think there is a consensus to allow out-of-tree drivers > without any compatibility commitment. > > Some other bus drivers are exporting some API like in this patch. > We could discuss again in techboard what to make internal. > If it is decided to hide buses API, we could change all bus drivers > later in DPDK 21.11.
OK, thanks.
