Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] meter: provide experimental alias of API for old apps

2020-05-18 Thread Ray Kinsella
On 18/05/2020 13:13, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > And I think, because of this goal, you will try to maintain ABI compat > of *ALL* experimental symbols maturing as stable symbol. I think that is a fair point, what we will ultimately need is a way to filter TCs that touch experimental from the Uni

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] meter: provide experimental alias of API for old apps

2020-05-18 Thread Thomas Monjalon
18/05/2020 13:48, Ray Kinsella: > On 18/05/2020 11:46, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 18/05/2020 11:30, Ray Kinsella: > >> On 18/05/2020 10:22, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > >>> 18/05/2020 08:29, Ray Kinsella: > On 17/05/2020 20:52, Dumitrescu, Cristian wrote: > > From: Yigit, Ferruh > >> > >>

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] meter: provide experimental alias of API for old apps

2020-05-18 Thread Ray Kinsella
On 18/05/2020 12:18, Dumitrescu, Cristian wrote: > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Thomas Monjalon >> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 11:46 AM >> To: Yigit, Ferruh ; Ray Kinsella ; >> Dumitrescu, Cristian >> Cc: Neil Horman ; Eelco Chaudron >> ; dev@dpdk.org; David Marchand >> ; sta...@d

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] meter: provide experimental alias of API for old apps

2020-05-18 Thread Ray Kinsella
On 18/05/2020 11:46, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 18/05/2020 11:30, Ray Kinsella: >> On 18/05/2020 10:22, Thomas Monjalon wrote: >>> 18/05/2020 08:29, Ray Kinsella: On 17/05/2020 20:52, Dumitrescu, Cristian wrote: > From: Yigit, Ferruh >> >> On v20.02 some meter APIs have been matu

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] meter: provide experimental alias of API for old apps

2020-05-18 Thread Dumitrescu, Cristian
> -Original Message- > From: Thomas Monjalon > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 11:46 AM > To: Yigit, Ferruh ; Ray Kinsella ; > Dumitrescu, Cristian > Cc: Neil Horman ; Eelco Chaudron > ; dev@dpdk.org; David Marchand > ; sta...@dpdk.org; Luca Boccassi > ; Richardson, Bruce ; > Stokes, Ian ;

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] meter: provide experimental alias of API for old apps

2020-05-18 Thread Thomas Monjalon
18/05/2020 11:30, Ray Kinsella: > On 18/05/2020 10:22, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 18/05/2020 08:29, Ray Kinsella: > >> On 17/05/2020 20:52, Dumitrescu, Cristian wrote: > >>> From: Yigit, Ferruh > > On v20.02 some meter APIs have been matured and symbols moved from > EXPERIMENTAL to

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] meter: provide experimental alias of API for old apps

2020-05-18 Thread Ray Kinsella
On 18/05/2020 10:22, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 18/05/2020 08:29, Ray Kinsella: >> On 17/05/2020 20:52, Dumitrescu, Cristian wrote: >>> From: Yigit, Ferruh On v20.02 some meter APIs have been matured and symbols moved from EXPERIMENTAL to DPDK_20.0.1 block. This can break

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] meter: provide experimental alias of API for old apps

2020-05-18 Thread Thomas Monjalon
18/05/2020 08:29, Ray Kinsella: > On 17/05/2020 20:52, Dumitrescu, Cristian wrote: > > From: Yigit, Ferruh > >> > >> On v20.02 some meter APIs have been matured and symbols moved from > >> EXPERIMENTAL to DPDK_20.0.1 block. > >> > >> This can break the applications that were using these mentioned

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] meter: provide experimental alias of API for old apps

2020-05-17 Thread Ray Kinsella
On 17/05/2020 20:52, Dumitrescu, Cristian wrote: > Hi Ferruh, > >> -Original Message- >> From: Yigit, Ferruh >> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2020 5:11 PM >> To: Ray Kinsella ; Neil Horman >> ; Dumitrescu, Cristian >> ; Eelco Chaudron >> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Yigit, Ferruh ; Thomas Monjalon >>

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] meter: provide experimental alias of API for old apps

2020-05-17 Thread Dumitrescu, Cristian
Hi Ferruh, > -Original Message- > From: Yigit, Ferruh > Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2020 5:11 PM > To: Ray Kinsella ; Neil Horman > ; Dumitrescu, Cristian > ; Eelco Chaudron > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Yigit, Ferruh ; Thomas Monjalon > ; David Marchand ; > sta...@dpdk.org; Luca Boccassi ; Richardson

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] meter: provide experimental alias of API for old apps

2020-05-15 Thread Ray Kinsella
On 15/05/2020 14:31, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 14/05/2020 18:11, Ferruh Yigit: >> On v20.02 some meter APIs have been matured and symbols moved from >> EXPERIMENTAL to DPDK_20.0.1 block. >> >> This can break the applications that were using these mentioned APIs on >> v19.11. Although there is no

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] meter: provide experimental alias of API for old apps

2020-05-15 Thread Ray Kinsella
On 15/05/2020 14:31, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 14/05/2020 18:11, Ferruh Yigit: >> On v20.02 some meter APIs have been matured and symbols moved from >> EXPERIMENTAL to DPDK_20.0.1 block. >> >> This can break the applications that were using these mentioned APIs on >> v19.11. Although there is no

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] meter: provide experimental alias of API for old apps

2020-05-15 Thread Thomas Monjalon
14/05/2020 18:11, Ferruh Yigit: > On v20.02 some meter APIs have been matured and symbols moved from > EXPERIMENTAL to DPDK_20.0.1 block. > > This can break the applications that were using these mentioned APIs on > v19.11. Although there is no modification on the APIs and the action is > positive

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] meter: provide experimental alias of API for old apps

2020-05-14 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On v20.02 some meter APIs have been matured and symbols moved from EXPERIMENTAL to DPDK_20.0.1 block. This can break the applications that were using these mentioned APIs on v19.11. Although there is no modification on the APIs and the action is positive and matures the APIs, the affect can be neg