Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce common prefix for ethdev

[Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 03:14:51PM +0000, Raslan Darawsheh wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 6:12 PM
> > To: Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>
> > Cc: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>; Ferruh Yigit
> > <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>; Neil Horman
> > <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>; dpdk-dev <dev@dpdk.org>; Andrew
> > Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>; NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon
> > <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>;
> > Qi Z Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>; Raslan Darawsheh
> > <rasland@nvidia.com>; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce common prefix for ethdev
> > 
> > On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 8:03 AM Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 7:28 PM Andrew Rybchenko
> > > <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 6/30/21 12:21 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> > > > > Announce adding 'RTE_ETH_' prefix to all public ethdev macros/enums
> > on
> > > > > v21.11.
> > > > > Backward compatibility macros will be added on v21.11 and they will be
> > > > > removed on v22.11.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > Cc: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
> > > > > Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > > > > Cc: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> > > > > Cc: Qi Z Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>
> > > > > Cc: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com>
> > > > > Cc: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
> > > > > Cc: Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >   doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
> > > > >   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > > > > index 9584d6bfd723..ae79673e37e3 100644
> > > > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > > > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > > > > @@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
> > > > >     consistent with existing outer header checksum status flag naming,
> > which
> > > > >     should help in reducing confusion about its usage.
> > > > >
> > > > > +* ethdev: Will add 'RTE_ETH_' prefix to all ethdev macros/enums in
> > v21.11. Macros
> > > > > +  will be added for backward compatibility. Backward compatibility
> > macros will be
> > > > > +  removed on v22.11. A few old backward compatibility macros from
> > 2013 that does
> > > > > +  not have proper prefix will be removed on v21.11.
> > > > > +
> > > > >   * i40e: As there are both i40evf and iavf pmd, the functions of them
> > are
> > > > >     duplicated. And now more and more advanced features are
> > developed on iavf.
> > > > >     To keep consistent with kernel driver's name
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
> > > Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
> > Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
> Acked-by: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@microsoft.com>