[RFC 1/2] ethdev: port flags for pre-configuration flow hints

[Jack Min]

On 4/7/22 23:04, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 13:30:46 +0800
> Xiaoyu Min<jackmin at nvidia.com>  wrote:
>
>>    * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
>> @@ -4972,6 +4983,11 @@ struct rte_flow_port_attr {
>>   	 * @see RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_METER
>>   	 */
>>   	uint32_t nb_meters;
>> +	/**
>> +	 * Port flags.
>> +	 * @see enum rte_flow_port_flag
>> +	 */
>> +	enum rte_flow_port_flag flags;
> This would have to wait until 22.11 because it is ABI breakage.
> Also, how would this work with old users of API?

I'm not familiar with DPKD API/ABI policy,

But as my understanding this one is marked as _experimental_ and also 
all related APIs

The experimental is not considered as part of ABI, and we can change 
them anytime, no?
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