Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce lcore_config symbol removal

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:06:17 +0200
David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com> wrote:

> New accessors have been introduced to provide the hidden information.
> This symbol can now be kept internal.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 37b8592..b18de70 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ Deprecation Notices
>  * eal: The function ``rte_eal_remote_launch`` will return new error codes
>    after read or write error on the pipe, instead of calling ``rte_panic``.
>  
> +* eal: the ``lcore_config`` struct and global symbol will be made private to
> +  remove it from the externally visible ABI and allow it to be updated in the
> +  future.
> +
>  * eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.11.
>    New functions will appear to query a specific port from buses, classes of
>    device and device drivers. Device declaration will be made coherent with the

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>