* [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation note for renaming vfio symbols for exporting
@ 2017-02-13 12:01 Shreyansh Jain
2017-02-14 0:46 ` Mcnamara, John
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From: Shreyansh Jain @ 2017-02-13 12:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dev; +Cc: anatoly.burakov, thomas.monjalon, Shreyansh Jain
Some vfio symbols need to be exported outside librte_eal. For that, they
need to be renamed to rte_* naming convention.
Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain@nxp.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index b12d435..092eb2e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -61,3 +61,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
PMDs that implement the latter.
Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
+
+* Some vfio APIs are planned to be exported outside librte_eal in 17.05.
+ vfio APIs like ``vfio_setup_device``, ``vfio_get_group_fd`` can be used by
+ subsystem other than EAL/PCI. For that, these need to be exported symbols.
+ Such APIs are planned to be renamed according to ``rte_*`` naming convention
+ and exported from librte_eal.
--
2.7.4
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2017-02-13 12:01 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation note for renaming vfio symbols for exporting Shreyansh Jain
@ 2017-02-14 0:46 ` Mcnamara, John
2017-02-14 3:26 ` Jerin Jacob
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From: Mcnamara, John @ 2017-02-14 0:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Shreyansh Jain, dev; +Cc: Burakov, Anatoly, thomas.monjalon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Shreyansh Jain
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 12:02 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>;
> thomas.monjalon@6wind.com; Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain@nxp.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation note for renaming vfio
> symbols for exporting
>
> Some vfio symbols need to be exported outside librte_eal. For that, they
> need to be renamed to rte_* naming convention.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain@nxp.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
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2017-02-13 12:01 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation note for renaming vfio symbols for exporting Shreyansh Jain
2017-02-14 0:46 ` Mcnamara, John
@ 2017-02-14 3:26 ` Jerin Jacob
2017-02-14 11:39 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-02-14 19:18 ` Thomas Monjalon
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From: Jerin Jacob @ 2017-02-14 3:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Shreyansh Jain; +Cc: dev, anatoly.burakov, thomas.monjalon
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 05:31:48PM +0530, Shreyansh Jain wrote:
> Some vfio symbols need to be exported outside librte_eal. For that, they
> need to be renamed to rte_* naming convention.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain@nxp.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index b12d435..092eb2e 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -61,3 +61,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
> PMDs that implement the latter.
> Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
> PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
> +
> +* Some vfio APIs are planned to be exported outside librte_eal in 17.05.
> + vfio APIs like ``vfio_setup_device``, ``vfio_get_group_fd`` can be used by
> + subsystem other than EAL/PCI. For that, these need to be exported symbols.
> + Such APIs are planned to be renamed according to ``rte_*`` naming convention
> + and exported from librte_eal.
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>
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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation note for renaming vfio symbols for exporting
2017-02-13 12:01 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation note for renaming vfio symbols for exporting Shreyansh Jain
2017-02-14 0:46 ` Mcnamara, John
2017-02-14 3:26 ` Jerin Jacob
@ 2017-02-14 11:39 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-02-14 19:18 ` Thomas Monjalon
3 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Ferruh Yigit @ 2017-02-14 11:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Shreyansh Jain, dev; +Cc: anatoly.burakov, thomas.monjalon
On 2/13/2017 12:01 PM, Shreyansh Jain wrote:
> Some vfio symbols need to be exported outside librte_eal. For that, they
> need to be renamed to rte_* naming convention.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain@nxp.com>
Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation note for renaming vfio symbols for exporting
2017-02-13 12:01 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation note for renaming vfio symbols for exporting Shreyansh Jain
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2017-02-14 11:39 ` Ferruh Yigit
@ 2017-02-14 19:18 ` Thomas Monjalon
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From: Thomas Monjalon @ 2017-02-14 19:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Shreyansh Jain; +Cc: dev
Applied
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