From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83E2041E38; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 08:07:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6643340ED7; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 08:07:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from mx0b-0016f401.pphosted.com (mx0b-0016f401.pphosted.com [67.231.156.173]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DF65400D7 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 08:07:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from pps.filterd (m0045851.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0b-0016f401.pphosted.com (8.17.1.19/8.17.1.19) with ESMTP id 3295Pbmu019359; Wed, 8 Mar 2023 23:07:46 -0800 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=marvell.com; h=from : to : cc : subject : date : message-id : mime-version : content-transfer-encoding : content-type; s=pfpt0220; bh=aWr5KKifDUt1/ZDv52JDXCpWHhKpi5wKyookpvlrY6g=; b=O4/eUr30a3UDkPdGqTLz64Cae5usJ3XDE+MGULA0SX47Vz/tZc7vryiDHVitTBNXgFDV bcb9sXoPhTZHGQX6pNkEDJWIqtwzFigp7YDmmLe9G73/b7saliAGXoFNgYhbQydr0rRK ox3tnhxCrzyedHJAtMbvo2BQdQZfo3KUU9O7W6BfAjlec0RLRGbLQ9V6JbrHMhMDYFCx ajRs+wo4xE/rMsMU9s7Rwbjn3G6xCXbTTthkO9LqRJAwSo29RF5S0yWSkmaB2IM+THwi Ab+HJfZdWCnDEkFyflG9f/8t4zkRnzbLGbUi6brQBJ7lT1HIwyF6goWaGAcYXZhBN1gp 5g== Received: from dc5-exch01.marvell.com ([199.233.59.181]) by mx0b-0016f401.pphosted.com (PPS) with ESMTPS id 3p6ff3fta6-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 08 Mar 2023 23:07:46 -0800 Received: from DC5-EXCH02.marvell.com (10.69.176.39) by DC5-EXCH01.marvell.com (10.69.176.38) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1497.42; Wed, 8 Mar 2023 23:07:44 -0800 Received: from maili.marvell.com (10.69.176.80) by DC5-EXCH02.marvell.com (10.69.176.39) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 15.0.1497.42 via Frontend Transport; Wed, 8 Mar 2023 23:07:44 -0800 Received: from jerin-lab.marvell.com (jerin-lab.marvell.com [10.28.34.14]) by maili.marvell.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB4AE3F7075; Wed, 8 Mar 2023 23:07:41 -0800 (PST) From: To: CC: , , , , , Jerin Jacob Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: deprecation notice to remove LiquidIO ethdev driver Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 12:37:33 +0530 Message-ID: <20230309070733.537242-1-jerinj@marvell.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: _ru5gJ3LZ3tnfkQO3lwj33yDFdsj8cUQ X-Proofpoint-GUID: _ru5gJ3LZ3tnfkQO3lwj33yDFdsj8cUQ X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.254,Aquarius:18.0.942,Hydra:6.0.573,FMLib:17.11.170.22 definitions=2023-03-09_04,2023-03-08_03,2023-02-09_01 X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org From: Jerin Jacob The LiquidIO product line(drivers/net/liquidio) has been substituted with CN9K/CN10K OCTEON product line smart NICs located in drivers/net/octeon_ep/. DPDK v20.08 has categorized the LiquidIO driver as UNMAINTAINED because of the absence of updates in the driver. Due to the above reasons, the driver will be unavailable from DPDK 23.07. Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 872847e938..eb6c3aedd8 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -135,3 +135,9 @@ Deprecation Notices Its removal has been postponed to let potential users report interest in maintaining it. In the absence of such interest, this library will be removed in DPDK 23.11. + +* net/liquidio: remove LiquidIO ethdev driver. The LiquidIO product line has been substituted + with CN9K/CN10K OCTEON product line smart NICs located in ``drivers/net/octeon_ep/``. + DPDK v20.08 has categorized the LiquidIO driver as UNMAINTAINED because of the absence of + updates in the driver. Due to the above reasons, the driver will be unavailable from DPDK 23.07. + -- 2.39.2