Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: add deprecation notice on EAL mem config

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 10:31:21AM +0100, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> On 09-May-19 7:51 PM, Erik Gabriel Carrillo wrote:
> > It is planned to make the rte_mem_config struct of the EAL private to
> > remove it from the visible ABI.  Add a notice to announce the intention.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Erik Gabriel Carrillo <erik.g.carrillo@intel.com>
> > ---
> > changes in v2:
> >   - Original deprecation notice announced a change to the rte_mem_config
> >     struct that would break ABI.  Update the notice to instead announce
> >     the struct will be made private.  (Stephen, Anatoly, David)
> > 
> >   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 b47c8c2..a7dff6b 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
> >       + ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
> > +* eal: the ``rte_mem_config`` struct will be made private to remove it from the
> > +  externally visible ABI and allow it to be updated in the future.
> > +
> >   * vfio: removal of ``rte_vfio_dma_map`` and ``rte_vfio_dma_unmap`` APIs which
> >     have been replaced with ``rte_dev_dma_map`` and ``rte_dev_dma_unmap``
> >     functions.  The due date for the removal targets DPDK 20.02.
> > 
> 
> Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> 
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>