From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C9A414E8 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2017 01:18:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE0BE20C42; Mon, 7 Aug 2017 19:18:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 07 Aug 2017 19:18:29 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=ST0CoBGHRZLkVN6 sVIOOgMj6yIr+RT1pLJIGjs+sR1I=; b=lgQDaQKpMgxqrhrY6h1oVVKAsIdfZgV mdALpxH8yiobHp9w2MLYOD5uqeudwvhiVOvco7Vi82qKNz7e9eq9ENSsS+qy3oUV KzfrUtUK8W8gE3AvrQfAU278Cuau6K8nZiAkRiL62hhkDbJDjMXe69hUKouomfSc YQtIaezmcnW8= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s= fm1; bh=ST0CoBGHRZLkVN6sVIOOgMj6yIr+RT1pLJIGjs+sR1I=; b=oNBvC0hs 2E0GJY+2UFV4UDRNj47YrfWr11ZLw0+kSba5/DBmBv5ZRpVHzZhGaVE0yDaPnFyB wT8oCtM2PlZQJrYgUpqGG/oFHL28Aad4Wj16Svmsub+IJOdekip14UXgwpTAkK6C qZfPOa0HuluSNhNip9jUiohCqz67tl480GAuN1sJCITBTbMO8C7KL3gQlK58g8NR hQW0Ykklg0J6L0GaKrlNLovQOC2HqLwZoheCDo8Fuikc/amQ/1af3x/vFFLplvJG iRoqgPbrD5OECoXGWIW9/OdYEUKLFcH6KGlT8CoK8OtLPkGZhxyN7yD4UpEDE6YB XPh9CYoozhcNyw== X-ME-Sender: X-Sasl-enc: V3rA7tO7zDQ15O5JveUNP2aZrLxI7yPyGwHoJ2jMtGMA 1502147909 Received: from xps.localnet (eth-west-pareq2-46-193-0-155.wb.wifirst.net [46.193.0.155]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7C8997E522; Mon, 7 Aug 2017 19:18:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Gaetan Rivet Cc: dev@dpdk.org Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 01:18:28 +0200 Message-ID: <2478236.nqvkQR7p5U@xps> In-Reply-To: <1501853399-17487-1-git-send-email-gaetan.rivet@6wind.com> References: <1501853399-17487-1-git-send-email-gaetan.rivet@6wind.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce rte_devargs changes in 17.11 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: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 23:18:30 -0000 04/08/2017 15:29, Gaetan Rivet: > Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet > --- > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +* eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v17.11. > + The format of device command line parameters will change. The bus will need > + to be explicitly stated in the device declaration. The enum ``rte_devtype`` > + was used to identify a bus and will disappear. > + The structure ``rte_devargs`` will change. > + The ``rte_devargs_list`` will be made private. > + The following functions are deprecated starting from 17.08 and will either be > + modified or removed in 17.11: > + > + - ``rte_eal_devargs_add`` > + - ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count`` Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon This kind of change has already been suggested by Jan Blunck: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-July/070729.html http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-July/071054.html It is very important to continue progressing on device syntax and bus rework during 17.11. Applied