From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga12.intel.com (mga12.intel.com [192.55.52.136]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BF122BD5 for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 13:30:09 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga006.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.20]) by fmsmga106.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 18 Feb 2019 04:30:05 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.58,384,1544515200"; d="scan'208";a="319965665" Received: from silpixa00399752.ir.intel.com (HELO silpixa00399752.ger.corp.intel.com) ([10.237.222.212]) by fmsmga006.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 18 Feb 2019 04:30:04 -0800 From: Ferruh Yigit To: dev@dpdk.org, Neil Horman , John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:30:02 +0000 Message-Id: <20190218123002.26908-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecate KNI ethtool support 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: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:30:10 -0000 Remove KNI ethtool support. Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit --- RFC Patch: https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/49025/ --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 1b4fcb7e6..0491eeea1 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -75,3 +75,11 @@ Deprecation Notices * crypto/aesni_mb: the minimum supported intel-ipsec-mb library version will be changed from 0.49.0 to 0.52.0. + +* kni: remove KNI ethtool support. To clarify, this is not to remove the KNI, + but only to remove ethtool support of it that is disabled by default and + can be enabled via ``CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL`` config option. + Existing KNI ethtool implementation is only supported by ``igb`` & ``ixgbe`` + drivers, by using a copy of kernel drivers in DPDK. This model can't be extend + to all drivers in DPDK and it is too much effort to maintain kernel modules in DPDK. + As a result users won't be able to use ``ethtool`` via ``igb`` & ``ixgbe`` anymore. -- 2.20.1