[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] cryptodev: Remove EXPERIMENTAL label

Trahe, Fiona fiona.trahe at intel.com
Tue Apr 5 11:48:31 CEST 2016



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 9:48 AM
> To: Trahe, Fiona
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Doherty, Declan
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] cryptodev: Remove EXPERIMENTAL label
> 
> 2016-04-05 08:53, Fiona Trahe:
> > The cryptodev API was introduced in the DPDK 2.2 release.
> > Since then it has
> >  - been reviewed and iterated for the DPDK 16.04 release
> >  - had extensive use by the l2fwd-crypto app,
> > 			the ipsec-secgw example app,
> > 			the test app.
> > We believe it is now stable and the EXPERIMENTAL label should be removed.
> 
> Are you sure sure? :)
> It means you will try hard to not change the API anymore or you'll need a
> deprecation notice strongly agreed (outside of your team).
We're sure sure :)

> 
> >   * Defines RTE Crypto Device APIs for the provisioning of cipher and
> >   * authentication operations.
> >   *
> 
> This empty line can be removed.
> 
> > - * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
> > - *
> >   */
A v2 without the empty line will follow shortly.


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