> > This patch adds a notice that the API for the xstats functionality will be
> > modified in the 16.07 release, with no backwards compatibility planned
> > as it would require code duplication in each PMD that supports xstats.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Harry van Haaren
>
> Acked-by: Thomas
> From: Van Haaren, Harry
> Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 6:58 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Tahhan, Maryam ; Van Haaren, Harry
>
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: announce xstats api change for 16.07
>
> This patch adds a notice that the API for the xstats functionality will be
> modified in the 16.07
2016-04-06 11:16, Van Haaren, Harry:
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> > > The issue we are going to fix is that currently PMDs copy strings when
> > > retrieving
> > statistics, which causes unnecessary overhead. The implementation is not
> > decided yet, but
> >
> -Original Message-
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Harry van Haaren
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 1:58 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: maryam.tahhan at intel.com; Harry van Haaren intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: annou
> From: David Harton (dharton) [mailto:dharton at cisco.com]
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce xstats api change for 16.07
> > This should not be the normal process.
> > It is important to understand what should be the changes to decide of
> > announc
dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce xstats api change for 16.07
>
> 2016-04-06 11:16, Van Haaren, Harry:
> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> > > > The issue we are going to fix is that currently PMDs copy strings
> > > > when retri
2016-04-06 09:02, Van Haaren, Harry:
> + David Harton,
>
> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce xstats api change for 16.07
> > 2016-04-05 18:58, Harry van Haaren:
> > > +* ABI cha
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce xstats api change for 16.07
> > The issue we are going to fix is that currently PMDs copy strings when
> > retrieving
> statistics, which causes unnecessary overhea
+ David Harton,
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce xstats api change for 16.07
> 2016-04-05 18:58, Harry van Haaren:
> > +* ABI change is planned for the xstats API
> Have you already submitted a RFC pa
2016-04-05 18:58, Harry van Haaren:
> +* ABI change is planned for the xstats API and rte_eth_xstats struct, to
> + facilitate updating to an API that allows retrieval of values without any
> + string copies or parsing. No backwards compatibility is planned, as it
> would
> + require code
This patch adds a notice that the API for the xstats
functionality will be modified in the 16.07 release, with
no backwards compatibility planned as it would require
code duplication in each PMD that supports xstats.
Signed-off-by: Harry van Haaren
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