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        "From": "Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>",
        "To": "dev@dpdk.org",
        "Cc": "thomas@monjalon.net,\n\tBruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>",
        "Date": "Thu, 10 Sep 2020 15:36:02 +0100",
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        "Subject": "[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/7] Enhance rawdev APIs",
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    "content": "This patchset proposes some internal and externally-visible changes to the\nrawdev API, the ABI change of which were previously announced.\n\nThe changes are in two main areas:\n* For any APIs which take a void * parameter for driver-specific structs,\n  add an additional parameter to provide the struct length. This allows\n  some runtime type-checking, as well as possible ABI-compatibility support\n  in the future as structure change generally involve a change in the size\n  of the structure.\n* Ensure all APIs which can return error values have int type, rather than\n  void. Since functions like info_get and queue_default_get can now do some\n  typechecking, they need to be modified to allow them to return error\n  codes on failure.\n\nV3:\n  - fix doxygen error\n  - add release note update for changes to public APIs\nV2:\n  - add additional patch to make start/stop functions optional\n  - remove deprecation notice once changes applied\n\n\nBruce Richardson (7):\n  rawdev: add private data length parameter to info fn\n  rawdev: allow drivers to return error from info function\n  rawdev: add private data length parameter to config fn\n  rawdev: add private data length parameter to queue fns\n  rawdev: allow queue config query to return error\n  rawdev: mark start and stop functions optional\n  doc: remove rawdev deprecation notice\n\n app/test/test_rawdev.c                      |  2 +-\n doc/guides/rawdevs/ioat.rst                 |  4 +-\n doc/guides/rawdevs/octeontx2_dma.rst        |  2 +-\n doc/guides/rawdevs/octeontx2_ep.rst         |  3 +-\n doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst        |  7 ---\n doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst      |  9 ++++\n doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ioat.rst           |  4 +-\n drivers/bus/ifpga/ifpga_bus.c               |  2 +-\n drivers/raw/ifpga/ifpga_rawdev.c            | 23 +++++-----\n drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c              | 17 ++++---\n drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev_test.c         |  6 +--\n drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c                       | 49 ++++++++++++++++-----\n drivers/raw/octeontx2_dma/otx2_dpi_rawdev.c |  7 +--\n drivers/raw/octeontx2_dma/otx2_dpi_test.c   |  3 +-\n drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_rawdev.c   |  7 +--\n drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_test.c     |  2 +-\n drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c      | 36 +++++++++------\n drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev_test.c | 32 ++++++++------\n examples/ioat/ioatfwd.c                     |  4 +-\n examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c                      |  7 +--\n lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c              | 47 +++++++++++++-------\n lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.h              | 27 ++++++++++--\n lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h          | 22 ++++++---\n 23 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-)"
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