From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wes1-so1.wedos.net (wes1-so1.wedos.net [46.28.106.15]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47A412BCE for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2016 17:48:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pcviktorin.fit.vutbr.cz (pcviktorin.fit.vutbr.cz [147.229.13.147]) by wes1-so1.wedos.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3qgn7H75FqzBXB; Thu, 7 Apr 2016 17:48:27 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 17:46:16 +0200 From: Jan Viktorin To: David Marchand Cc: dev@dpdk.org, olivier.matz@6wind.com, thomas.monjalon@6wind.com Message-ID: <20160407174616.416ec249@pcviktorin.fit.vutbr.cz> In-Reply-To: <1460043197-13707-1-git-send-email-david.marchand@6wind.com> References: <1460043197-13707-1-git-send-email-david.marchand@6wind.com> Organization: RehiveTech MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce API changes for device objects X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 15:48:28 -0000 On Thu, 7 Apr 2016 17:33:17 +0200 David Marchand wrote: > Following discussions with Jan, here is a deprecation notice to prepare for > hotplug and rte_device changes to come in 16.07. > > Signed-off-by: David Marchand > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 98d5529..d749e5d 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -8,6 +8,18 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here. > Deprecation Notices > ------------------- > > +* The ethdev hotplug API is going to be moved to EAL with a notification > + mechanism added to crypto and ethdev libraries so that hotplug is now > + available to both of them. This API will be stripped of the device arguments > + so that it only cares about hotplugging. > + > +* Structures embodying pci and vdev devices are going to be reworked to > + integrate new common rte_device / rte_driver objects (see > + http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-January/031390.html). > + ethdev and crypto libraries will then only handle those objects so that they > + do not need to care about the kind of devices that are being used, making it > + easier to add new buses later. As a result, the current rte_driver structure will be renamed to rte_module and probably reworked in some way due to its semantics and potential name clash with the new rte_driver struct. Regards Jan > + > * The EAL function pci_config_space_set is deprecated in release 16.04 > and will be removed from 16.07. > Macros CONFIG_RTE_PCI_CONFIG, CONFIG_RTE_PCI_EXTENDED_TAG and -- Jan Viktorin E-mail: Viktorin@RehiveTech.com System Architect Web: www.RehiveTech.com RehiveTech Brno, Czech Republic