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 C5171EA811F for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:24:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A70A400D7; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:24:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-wm1-f41.google.com (mail-wm1-f41.google.com [209.85.128.41]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57622400D6 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:24:37 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm1-f41.google.com with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-48068ed1eccso56725985e9.2 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:24:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1770733477; x=1771338277; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=0UAj5iZQcXK8q2AOjNtm4N5ixqmsyIbjnFvnqt4mLiI=; b=GeWb1QffymuxBzzqYqx2cqYWSL1GEPg0Iuhzwu4tBb0izI4DqLFf82UTLhfbsyigQP pIbZE/OwzVp2n9niROLUCFOKvwkj5/HRawCJ8Vb6iZpKwL4EFtTu5svQO4HbNA1Sf0au Yin09rCcIeQZbEPuCFtYoOAvItkN/zofoon+FNhe0zuKiuWFtN+ZvaJvCBtzIDL/UWbW bFm1jltwBdLwA90ap7spy0i5foTbZubmZ4R3GcuW69XYrYijAQBw2rjHMIQhaSUXqBbu q6MrQAcNkRFpN9b1gsiB4pSdjlYBHQ0oGr7QdO6cqJE2sy9dDE+XxPz2APeynPyAvpPZ xJSQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1770733477; x=1771338277; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-gg:x-gm-message-state:from :to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=0UAj5iZQcXK8q2AOjNtm4N5ixqmsyIbjnFvnqt4mLiI=; b=AIDpETLB/vpWiCu8BVMKVhKjXlWU32eSQ23YuyikGqD3S8HxQxPolU2eubwbJm2fZh HpFsmOFU9nC0UcC8fFoUj6RzjCBjpLytonN5mI5SAsatLgZF8+nGMRZ9BaSfhbqWVkRY aXF6FwVFWSNWMFeKJPyLzHZrz5isf9/931T+FYK4vxGFkYnFfEtgtvZoe3xboXSExZOM 3rr3FSB0pTstzjUk05jsef022kzYFxJTICEWsjGfXhynF3D9kk22s62qSOTDUPjwUjTc 2Hz/4H24AnaGmoquz6rJHGymqnNi8Q8sb6e8mcKd/bIB//FD6/tWE5sO8ydbTnS3kL59 m1EA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwLqnDrTorYasacWhE3JeW+SQzMx+z69Hp+U8kiU4impQuXTftf N6wBZ7SC34imtf3MC8TfZNKWYNC/q+RMY/ldR6zCXxXJ/h+KSWLZ0nLjko5xLG55qQU= X-Gm-Gg: AZuq6aL3aX/BK32vHjBniyEBwBj/i6puAxLATo/kwRA+DV1Bjy7Ile0w13H42QQvtUU 4Jyem00cZP+lY2aYw/mDBBGhTbQ2HZ+D+PzHd4dAN3jZ0SPU/fK8n0n/0gVIu7xL+lSwVv7ryHe tWroAZ1rXvav2CpLOlnVSBFqmVwcIvWdhFzzp92ZOLNU1evc3q7VnoUCNgID6Bdm/s2UYnmW23H HAIlaIHVgbTj19T9kSqRrfvEE2pBauNP8wAOlhpSMvsRh9Q/1wFFPfa3hRcTSO0k/sw0ikYXp9h YqptbKP1dCC2zhJ1/pt/rt8sV8sR9dc2Tp0/CARVwiAw6bIi5h646nDwiDHBKIRmM5Ju2RxEtQc bfNzbn8vYYu5ttrTLbW8olBF3gECGDPX6aBTFoxd9gtBaZAA3EvRZguxzyGTjP7RUmJo/zWU2Pz l21vJj/oZfjDXoI0P35Sh2ngOYcRC5ghPbTgXAMoQ8hSlZXXaIBBq4TquKh+1IR3qi X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:a00c:b0:480:4c45:aff5 with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-4835083339cmr38676115e9.34.1770733476658; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:24:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from phoenix.local (204-195-96-226.wavecable.com. [204.195.96.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-4834d82a4c4sm109079125e9.10.2026.02.10.06.24.33 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:24:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:24:29 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Zhanibek Bakin Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [ethdev]: question about the experimental functions Message-ID: <20260210062429.6c1b4230@phoenix.local> In-Reply-To: References: 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, 10 Feb 2026 10:56:09 +0500 Zhanibek Bakin wrote: > Hi there, > > I have a question about the experimental > functions: rte_eth_dev_get_module_eeprom() & > rte_eth_dev_get_module_info(). > > From what I can see, they have been marked experimental for quite some > time(7+ years). > On top of that, I don't see they are going to become "stable" in the next > DPDK 26 version. > > Can I know the reason for this? As I would love to use them, however, it > would be a shame if they change any time soon. > > Thank you for your help. > > Best regards, > Zhanibek Bakin Almost all functions that have been around a year or more should be marked stable. It is just that nobody submitted patch to change these.