Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/5] net/enetfec: introduce NXP ENETFEC driver
From: Ferruh Yigit <hidden>
Date: 2021-11-03 23:27:26
On 11/3/2021 7:20 PM, Apeksha Gupta wrote:
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@@ -882,6 +882,13 @@ F: drivers/net/enetc/ F: doc/guides/nics/enetc.rst F: doc/guides/nics/features/enetc.ini +NXP enetfec +M: Apeksha Gupta<apeksha.gupta@nxp.com> +M: Sachin Saxena<sachin.saxena@nxp.com> +F: drivers/net/enetfec/ +F: doc/guides/nics/enetfec.rst +F: doc/guides/nics/features/enetfec.ini +
Hi Apeksha,
There was a request from techboard discussion to mark driver as 'experimental'
because of external 'fec-uio' kernel module dependency that has not been
upstreamed yet and carries a possibility to change that may impact the driver.
I guess meeting notes are not public yet, but please consult to Hemant for details.
Driver can be marked as experimental with below two changes:
1- Highlight in maintainers file as:
NXP enetfec - EXPERIMENTAL
<...>
2- In driver guide (enetfec.rst), in main section, briefly highlight that
driver is taken as experimental with explaining the reasoning behind it.
Thanks,
ferruh