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{ "id": 296, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/covers/296/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/cover/20231024023947.15859-1-stephen@networkplumber.org/", "project": { "id": 1, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/projects/1/?format=api", "name": "DPDK", "link_name": "dpdk", "list_id": "dev.dpdk.org", "list_email": "dev@dpdk.org", "web_url": "http://core.dpdk.org", "scm_url": "git://dpdk.org/dpdk", "webscm_url": "http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk", "list_archive_url": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev", "list_archive_url_format": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/{}", "commit_url_format": "" }, "msgid": "<20231024023947.15859-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>", "list_archive_url": "https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20231024023947.15859-1-stephen@networkplumber.org", "date": "2023-10-24T02:39:22", "name": "[v6,00/25] Promite many experimental API's to stable", "submitter": { "id": 27, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/people/27/?format=api", "name": "Stephen Hemminger", "email": "stephen@networkplumber.org" }, "mbox": "http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/cover/20231024023947.15859-1-stephen@networkplumber.org/mbox/", "series": [ { "id": 29962, "url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/series/29962/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=29962", "date": "2023-10-24T02:39:22", "name": "Promite many experimental API's to stable", "version": 6, "mbox": "http://patches.dpdk.org/series/29962/mbox/" } ], "comments": "http://patches.dpdk.org/api/covers/296/comments/", "headers": { "Return-Path": "<dev-bounces@dpdk.org>", "X-Original-To": "patchwork@inbox.dpdk.org", "Delivered-To": "patchwork@inbox.dpdk.org", "Received": [ "from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124])\n\tby inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 443B0431EB;\n\tTue, 24 Oct 2023 04:40:01 +0200 (CEST)", "from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])\n\tby mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CCD4402E6;\n\tTue, 24 Oct 2023 04:40:01 +0200 (CEST)", "from mail-pj1-f41.google.com (mail-pj1-f41.google.com\n [209.85.216.41]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB7C7400D5\n for <dev@dpdk.org>; Tue, 24 Oct 2023 04:39:59 +0200 (CEST)", "by mail-pj1-f41.google.com with SMTP id\n 98e67ed59e1d1-27d1fa1c787so2564884a91.3\n for <dev@dpdk.org>; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 19:39:59 -0700 (PDT)", "from hermes.local (204-195-126-68.wavecable.com. 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There are about 890 API's marked with experimental\non current main branch. This addresses the easy to remove ones and\ngets it down to about 510 places.\n\nThe rule is any API that has been in since 22.11 needs to have\nexperimental removed (or have API deleted). The experimental flag is not a\n\"get out of ABI stability for free\" card\n\nv6 - incorporate review comments\n drop regexdev\n\nStephen Hemminger (25):\n bpf: make rte_bpf_dump and rte_bpf_convert stable API's\n cmdline: make experimental API's stable\n ethdev: mark rte_tm API's as stable\n pdump: make API's stable\n pcapng: mark API's as stable\n net: remove experimental from functions\n rcu: remove experimental from rte_rcu_qbsr\n lpm: remove experimental\n mbuf: remove experimental from create_extbuf\n hash: remove experimental from toeplitz hash\n timer: remove experimental from rte_timer_next_ticks\n sched: remove experimental\n dmadev: mark API's as not experimental\n meter: remove experimental warning from comments\n power: remove experimental from API's\n kvargs: remove experimental flag\n ip_frag: mark a couple of functions stable\n member: remove experimental tag\n security: remove experimental flag\n bbdev: remove experimental tag\n ipsec: remove experimental from SA API\n compressdev: remove experimental flag\n node: remove some of the experimental tags\n eventdev: make many API's stable\n cryptodev: mark older API's stable\n\n MAINTAINERS | 8 +--\n lib/bbdev/rte_bbdev.h | 4 --\n lib/bbdev/rte_bbdev_op.h | 2 -\n lib/bbdev/version.map | 15 ++---\n lib/bpf/rte_bpf.h | 2 -\n lib/bpf/version.map | 9 +--\n lib/cmdline/cmdline.h | 1 -\n lib/cmdline/cmdline_parse.h | 4 --\n lib/cmdline/cmdline_rdline.h | 4 --\n lib/cmdline/version.map | 26 +++-----\n lib/compressdev/rte_comp.h | 6 --\n lib/compressdev/rte_compressdev.h | 26 --------\n lib/compressdev/rte_compressdev_pmd.h | 6 --\n lib/compressdev/version.map | 2 +-\n lib/cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h | 31 ---------\n lib/cryptodev/version.map | 77 ++++++++++------------\n lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.h | 85 -------------------------\n lib/dmadev/version.map | 2 +-\n lib/ethdev/rte_tm.h | 34 ----------\n lib/ethdev/version.map | 62 +++++++++---------\n lib/eventdev/rte_event_crypto_adapter.h | 4 --\n lib/eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h | 6 --\n lib/eventdev/rte_event_eth_tx_adapter.h | 3 -\n lib/eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.h | 3 -\n lib/eventdev/rte_eventdev.h | 4 --\n lib/eventdev/version.map | 34 ++++------\n lib/hash/rte_thash.h | 44 -------------\n lib/hash/rte_thash_gfni.h | 8 ---\n lib/hash/rte_thash_x86_gfni.h | 8 ---\n lib/hash/version.map | 16 ++---\n lib/ip_frag/rte_ip_frag.h | 2 -\n lib/ip_frag/version.map | 9 +--\n lib/ipsec/rte_ipsec.h | 2 -\n lib/ipsec/version.map | 9 +--\n lib/kvargs/rte_kvargs.h | 4 --\n lib/kvargs/version.map | 8 +--\n lib/lpm/rte_lpm.h | 4 --\n lib/lpm/version.map | 7 +-\n lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h | 1 -\n lib/mbuf/version.map | 8 +--\n lib/member/rte_member.h | 54 ----------------\n lib/member/version.map | 12 +---\n lib/meter/rte_meter.h | 12 ----\n lib/net/rte_ip.h | 19 ------\n lib/node/rte_node_eth_api.h | 1 -\n lib/node/rte_node_ip4_api.h | 2 -\n lib/node/version.map | 16 +++--\n lib/pcapng/rte_pcapng.h | 11 ----\n lib/pcapng/version.map | 6 +-\n lib/pdump/rte_pdump.h | 12 ----\n lib/pdump/version.map | 11 +---\n lib/power/rte_power.h | 4 --\n lib/power/rte_power_guest_channel.h | 4 --\n lib/power/rte_power_pmd_mgmt.h | 40 ------------\n lib/power/rte_power_uncore.h | 3 -\n lib/power/version.map | 37 +++++------\n lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.h | 20 ------\n lib/rcu/version.map | 15 ++---\n lib/sched/rte_pie.h | 8 ---\n lib/sched/rte_sched.h | 5 --\n lib/sched/version.map | 18 ++----\n lib/security/rte_security.h | 35 ----------\n lib/security/version.map | 18 +++---\n lib/timer/rte_timer.h | 4 --\n lib/timer/version.map | 7 +-\n 65 files changed, 161 insertions(+), 803 deletions(-)" }