Re: [PATCH v1] bbdev: add device status info

[Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>]

Hi Stephen,

On 6/7/22 02:09, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon,  6 Jun 2022 15:50:08 -0700
> Nicolas Chautru <nicolas.chautru@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.

Maxime