[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus

[Thomas Monjalon]

23/06/2021 01:50, Xueming(Steven) Li:
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > 13/06/2021 14:58, Xueming Li:
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/drivers/bus/auxiliary/version.map
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
> > > +EXPERIMENTAL {
> > > +	global:
> > > +
> > > +	# added in 21.08
> > > +	rte_auxiliary_register;
> > > +	rte_auxiliary_unregister;
> > > +};
> > 
> > After more thoughts, shouldn't it be an internal symbol?
> > It is used only by DPDK drivers.
> 
> So users will not be able to compose their own driver and register with auxiliary bus?z

Yes, that's an interesting question actually.
We can continue with experimental/stable status of driver ABI,
but we should invent a new ABI flag like DRIVER,
so there is no stability policy on such symbol.