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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] eal: support different modules
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:40:39 +0200
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On 03.06.2013 18:29, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>> Is breaking the API a bad thing in this context?  IMHO the
>> initialization APIs need work before they're general enough and
>> perpetually supporting the current ones seems like an unnecessary
>> burden.  I'm trying to understand the general guidelines of the project.
>>
>> (and nittily, recycling flag values is fine for static-only libs as long
>> as you remove the old macro, but of course removal is the API breakage
>> you mentioned)
>
> Yes, DPDK is a young project but breaking API should be always justified.
> In this case it is not mandatory to change it.

Ok, I was writing with the premise that Stephen's patch would be accepted.