From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C76DC88E6E for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:15:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 648DA40E21; Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:15:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pj2-f13.google.com (mail-pj2-f13.google.com [74.125.227.141]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEA2740A75 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:15:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pj2-f13.google.com with SMTP id 98e67ed59e1d1-396ccc09d65so2191798a91.3 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:15:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20251104.gappssmtp.com; s=20251104; t=1789402522; x=1790007322; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type:mime-version:references :in-reply-to:message-id:subject:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to:content-type; bh=7/2uW4LU/Z0OZh0t76vZ9hpi5O2jqqTKCsGNx8C0H3c=; b=auU1e4pq+9zDS/hR5sQQafAEm+4iHch8C8BOF3UmhnIBp572SBdeqFl2MUOjSqZTZm yR+LOm7hs7Ad6k3eZAiJ8ZB2NNorEB6ZlealG49ghpibcWJcy0IoZ4K6cfLt97AxBIfn gWB7oJHFiOwwQBdHa3o/A2maz07Q7QMclrCiy5vohdwkySyoTCs+3ZnAPOwQjrWPZIhO zoFmLD2aOPayR/FHT8RuCOb902iG2fLikoBBzspWSaoYMHLXLuxgTwCoDy3kLhFbEkaC PJMhMwuZzR/Y3RHgYpXaPn/AEMHpk2YDDa6yELCak02N/xcKbniYCNFhNEitfVSoAMcI AduQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20251104; t=1789402522; x=1790007322; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type:mime-version:references :in-reply-to:message-id:subject:to:from:date:x-gm-gg :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to :content-type; bh=7/2uW4LU/Z0OZh0t76vZ9hpi5O2jqqTKCsGNx8C0H3c=; b=GbzWzsmFxhvpZHDIV1awjVN/+2T3ZMcWjhs0AdF+X+mQqmMippSDAFwc5fgTJ84HDB 0bZtQe+3NXw9R5zqEY2UA6vbPdvKGPfmRc8g/MhYyrX4PCXosZcTew50aMeWYk2rhtzo K/hYfGtoN86tWhPYd1wOs25p+lNSmg1cHAg18lVtHARYDqFD+FRyPC3UE73QuHMnKgQe UvEIQGdc8vojxZD/7F8N78+PuMKGB2tJzwPmXQguGI9ckpzLoRMuP/4tAyFaSF57xAlD FDKtULl2hEtGmcb4iP+GIhWfShjACv5AEko37yAo3rKKB62dP9fwWfeg22WQrIkOyv96 c22g== X-Gm-Message-State: AFuF++neiwz2bPvQYNtWZKg4UvniXcMKoMqqCYSjQlv6V4lIwW/M+yQE dB4e+HThKiOMQY4KcXAZ7Pcjrqn6i8ubGwTpOUD9jJyb7gII6kT+AB7xE3NcZ34Oc6nz/OsS4fC DzlqF X-Gm-Gg: AYBFou2lIRiQY1VU1GfmMTgqNJ3/kEcfIfFpbVKNXsAG8fqzCclu4zXiArZ51G3NJr+ tGpSZKd8B13ZJ9GDWJZzo80o6+z2VzkJJPhO9alH1zPTms7E+eRdENSDXuw5fxiR7kI+k3pYTQf n+UKFwKk+mz6ANSVlSXi0P0Tey4a4OR3jLZ/sCTmQezn4jcJqKDWtRNZQbjdM7IPCPJC/XCUIQF pYMglFi9yV0XoY6A5pkPabCwARtlqloS4FRS2rAVfhPsSQ3uaqBb04qZKGHwM06bTIQQyvQfQlj zxqNnpYRt4dyA2s1D2V1XpKWxvgJB4Ta8EY1u7Foa03TemYc5kKK7+gLF+ZKylKDEV9+PeMXAWx yoayKgY+SeDEO4aqpX0mLblxmYhrHMRCidwHQyJYgzatskC5V0jFpnYY5gw/a1qfb5BAvadDIEA E7VrdaFh01zl6v428A4hW9LAkQk8NlQUFewUaHFrvVc4c0gBUPOxHavSaLqc5Gjri1RbqqovHds +ALsmcz4AMs24c0UcYfe5qIFNmIQxQbYp/RyuSg X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:3d46:b0:39b:61f1:8032 with SMTP id 98e67ed59e1d1-39dec09350amr6670432a91.16.1789402521799; Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:15:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phoenix.local (204-195-96-226.wavecable.com. [204.195.96.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 98e67ed59e1d1-39dfdcb618bsm174507a91.5.2026.09.14.09.15.20 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:15:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:15:14 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/22] ethdev: convert experimental symbols etc Message-ID: <20260914091514.4d317e9b@phoenix.local> In-Reply-To: <20260901203217.1485915-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> References: <20260901203217.1485915-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Tue, 1 Sep 2026 13:22:59 -0700 Stephen Hemminger wrote: > The DPDK policy is that experimental status should be short term > with the expectation that it will be removed after one or two releases. > A large part of the ethdev API has been left marked experimental long past that point. > Several API's have stayed experimental as far back as 17.11. > This series promotes 119 ethdev symbols introduced in 24.11 or earlier. > It also cleans up comments warnings on structures and inline functions. > > The trace point symbols are left experimental on purpose; > trace infrastructure is intended to stay unstable. Applied to next-net