From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D91EA053A; Tue, 4 Aug 2020 16:08:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE5D61C034; Tue, 4 Aug 2020 16:08:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com (us-smtp-2.mimecast.com [207.211.31.81]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EB0B1BFFA for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2020 16:08:00 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1596550079; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Qx/qJuhI2kZ6xjNmRTwi17Vr5hU1hB7yb1owdbdAYIw=; b=W41wWcI17Ng3t09xPY0DmhRbt2SnyhRItQFziNWlwgZfkb6xorRT/Qu6pWX5hp6AY/YXIi LZCDYqz/rv1BQ7gFEYVlVmgEFn/DARVzmqt5xS3mESRnduBmX7dgFRlKL3k3mRbwTmiwNI 4jl8Ky3wCxs6SHvxKR89fFIV9AbYn40= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-389-_9tic_eFMjKyv3C5rI0qcw-1; Tue, 04 Aug 2020 10:07:58 -0400 X-MC-Unique: _9tic_eFMjKyv3C5rI0qcw-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 461F2101C8A6; Tue, 4 Aug 2020 14:07:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dmarchan.remote.csb (unknown [10.40.193.204]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38A3F5DA6A; Tue, 4 Aug 2020 14:07:56 +0000 (UTC) From: David Marchand To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: thomas@monjalon.net, grive@u256.net Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 16:07:52 +0200 Message-Id: <20200804140752.8773-1-david.marchand@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce kernel driver enum 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" rte_kernel_driver is only used by the PCI subsystem and has polluted ethdev for no reason. Hide it in the PCI bus driver. Signed-off-by: David Marchand --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 9f73297173..6e86963c39 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ Deprecation Notices With this removal, there won't be a need for the mentioned workaround which will be reverted. +* pci: The ``rte_kernel_driver`` enum defined in rte_dev.h will be made private + to the PCI subsystem as it is used only by the PCI bus driver and PCI + drivers. + The associated field ``kdrv`` in the ethdev ``rte_eth_dev_data`` structure + will be removed as it gave no useful abstracted information to the + applications and had no user (neither internal nor external). + * ethdev: Split the ``struct eth_dev_ops`` struct to hide it as much as possible will be done in 20.11. Currently the ``struct eth_dev_ops`` struct is accessible by the application -- 2.23.0