On 9/1/21 4:54 PM, Chautru, Nicolas wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kinsella, Ray <m...@ashroe.eu> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 4:15 AM >> To: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agra...@nxp.com>; David Marchand >> <david.march...@redhat.com>; Chautru, Nicolas >> <nicolas.chau...@intel.com> >> Cc: dev <dev@dpdk.org>; Akhil Goyal <gak...@marvell.com>; Thomas >> Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>; Tom Rix <t...@redhat.com>; Zhang, >> Mingshan <mingshan.zh...@intel.com>; Joshi, Arun >> <arun.jo...@intel.com>; Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coque...@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.chau...@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- >>>> >> nicolas.chautru%40intel.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Chemant.agrawal% >>>>> >>>> >> 40nxp.com%7Cfcdfb339ec284057db1508d96c9dd048%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6f >>>> a92cd99 >>>>> >>>> c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C637660247324212288%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZ >>>> sb3d8eyJWIjo >>>>> >>>> >> iMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1 >>>> 000& >>>>> >> ;sdata=%2FYwaT29I4XlUxedcdCeyvM5z1R5QeNGTLLPY3XQBKjU%3D& >>>> ;reserved=0 >>>>> 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 >> work.dpdk.org%2Fproject%2Fdpdk%2Flist%2F%3Fseries%3D16642%26state >>>> >> %3D%252A%26archive%3Dboth&data=04%7C01%7Chemant.agrawal% >>>> >> 40nxp.com%7Cfcdfb339ec284057db1508d96c9dd048%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6f >>>> a92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C637660247324212288%7CUnknown%7CT >>>> >> WFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLC >>>> >> JXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=iorsQ7wAXyU2%2FaqeV5CrDp9asl8ztZ >>>> nSrbDuJpCv9Gk%3D&reserved=0 >>>> >>>> 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? Thanks, Maxime >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> David Marchand >>>
