Hi Maxime,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coque...@redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 5:43 AM
> To: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>; Chautru, Nicolas
> <nicolas.chau...@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; gak...@marvell.com; t...@redhat.com;
> hemant.agra...@nxp.com; Vargas, Hernan <hernan.var...@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] bbdev: add device status info
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> On 6/7/22 02:09, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 15:50:08 -0700
> > Nicolas Chautru <nicolas.chau...@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> >> @@ -298,6 +313,8 @@ struct rte_bbdev_driver_info {
> >> const struct rte_bbdev_op_cap *capabilities;
> >> /** Device cpu_flag requirements */
> >> const enum rte_cpu_flag_t *cpu_flag_reqs;
> >> + /** Device Status */
> >> + enum rte_bbdev_device_status device_status;
> >> };
> >>
> >
> > This ends up being an ABI breakage, can't change a struct like that
> > until 22.11 release.
> >
>
> Indeed, but Nicolas mentioned in the cover-letter that the patch targets
> v22.11; not this release.
>
> However, a deprecation notice should be sent for v22.07 if it hasn't been
> done yet.
I have sent this deprecation Maxime:
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/1647542252-35727-2-git-send-email-nicolas.chau...@intel.com/
Do you believe this needs to be extended to cover more details the change and
including this device status info explicitly? I can update the verbiage in more
details if required
>
> Maxime
