From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DD0AA2F for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:25:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 14 Feb 2017 03:25:16 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.35,160,1484035200"; d="scan'208";a="44211770" Received: from bricha3-mobl3.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.237.221.61]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with SMTP; 14 Feb 2017 03:25:13 -0800 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:25:13 +0000 Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:25:12 +0000 From: Bruce Richardson To: "Mcnamara, John" Cc: Thomas Monjalon , Zhigang Lu , Liming Sun , "dev@dpdk.org" Message-ID: <20170214112512.GA28908@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <1486983152-22677-1-git-send-email-thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: Intel Research and =?iso-8859-1?Q?De=ACvel?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?opment?= Ireland Ltd. User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.1 (2016-10-04) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce TILE-Gx removal X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:25:17 -0000 On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 08:50:07AM +0000, Mcnamara, John wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon > > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 10:53 AM > > To: Zhigang Lu ; Liming Sun > > Cc: dev@dpdk.org > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce TILE-Gx removal > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon > > --- > > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 +++ > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > index b49e0a0..d40b137 100644 > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > @@ -62,3 +62,6 @@ 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. > > + > > +* The architecture TILE-Gx and the associated mpipe driver are not > > + maintained and will be removed in 17.05. > > The notification should probably be for removal in 17.08, to one release cycle to respond/fix/update. > > It would also be good to hear from EZChip/Mellanox on this. > > John If - as seems likely - this deprecation notice makes it into the 17.02 release, I would just ask that the actual removal of the code *not* take place at the start of the 17.05 release cycle, to be sure to give further additional grace period for someone to respond to this. I think it is only fair to wait till just before the RC's are produced to remove the code, given it is such a drastic step, and the official notice of removal is only inserted right before 17.02 goes out. Regards, /Bruce