[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce changes to eventdev library

[Thomas Monjalon]

03/08/2021 06:12, Jerin Jacob:
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 2:46 AM <pbhagavatula at marvell.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
> >
> > Make driver layer as internal, remove unnecessary rte_ prefix for
> > structures and functions that are not a part of public API.
> > Promote experimental trace and vector APIs to stable.
> > Add reserved field to `rte_event_timer` structure.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> 
> 
> ++ Eventdev driver Maintainers.
> 
> This list is based on items identified for 21.11 ABI improvement at
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1betlC000ua5SsSiJIcC54mCCCJnW6voH5Dqv9UxeyfE/edit#gid=0

    Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
    Acked-by: Mattias Rönnblom <mattias.ronnblom at ericsson.com>
    Acked-by: Jay Jayatheerthan <jay.jayatheerthan at intel.com>
    Acked-by: Abhinandan Gujjar <abhinandan.gujjar at intel.com>


> > +* eventdev: The file ``rte_eventdev_pmd.h`` will be renamed to ``eventdev_driver.h``
> > +  to make the driver interface as internal and the structures ``rte_eventdev_data``,
> > +  ``rte_eventdev`` and ``rte_eventdevs`` will be moved to a new file named
> > +  ``rte_eventdev_core.h`` in DPDK 21.11.
> > +  The ``rte_`` prefix for internal structures and functions will be removed across the
> > +  library.

If a function is used outside of the library (in drivers),
it is better to keep rte_ prefix to avoid possible clash
with some driver dependencies.

> > +  The experimental eventdev trace APIs and ``rte_event_vector_pool_create``,
> > +  ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits_get`` will be promoted to stable.
> > +  An 8byte reserved field will be added to the structure ``rte_event_timer`` to
> > +  support future extensions.

Applied, thanks.