Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 17/17] eal: change whitelist / blacklist command line doc

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

07/07/2017 02:04, Gaetan Rivet:
> The use of these commands have evolved.
> It is now possible to use whitelist and blacklist on any bus.
> 
> Update the source code accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>
> Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> ---
[...]
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
> @@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ enum {
>  	/* long options mapped to a short option */
>  #define OPT_HELP              "help"
>  	OPT_HELP_NUM            = 'h',
> -#define OPT_PCI_BLACKLIST     "pci-blacklist"
> -	OPT_PCI_BLACKLIST_NUM   = 'b',
> -#define OPT_PCI_WHITELIST     "pci-whitelist"
> -	OPT_PCI_WHITELIST_NUM   = 'w',
> +#define OPT_BUS_BLACKLIST     "bus-blacklist"
> +	OPT_BUS_BLACKLIST_NUM   = 'b',
> +#define OPT_BUS_WHITELIST     "bus-whitelist"
> +	OPT_BUS_WHITELIST_NUM   = 'w',

No, we cannot drop an existing option without a prior notice.
Let's discuss what should be the command line syntax and agree
on a good and complete deprecation notice.
There will be more to change, like making bus explicit.