Re: [PATCH v3] net/bnx2x: offer maintainership for bnx2x

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

We are waiting for an ack here.

02/06/2023 09:52, Julien Aube:
> This is an offer to maintain the code for bnx2x-based
> cards. It may not be possible on the long run due to
> the old design of this chipset.
> 
> Note that I'm not affiliated with LSI nor Broadcom and
> do not have access to documentation or other NDA-based
> code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julien Aube <julien_dpdk@jaube.fr>
> ---
>  .mailmap                             | 1 +
>  MAINTAINERS                          | 3 +--
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 ---
>  3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
> index db85cc66c6..cb689ef751 100644
> --- a/.mailmap
> +++ b/.mailmap
> @@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ JP Lee <jongpil.lee@broadcom.com>
>  Juan Antonio Montesinos <juan.antonio.montesinos.delgado@ericsson.com>
>  Juhamatti Kuusisaari <juhamatti.kuusisaari@coriant.com>
>  Juho Snellman <jsnell@iki.fi>
> +Julien Aube <julien_dpdk@jaube.fr>
>  Julien Castets <jcastets@scaleway.com>
>  Julien Courtat <julien.courtat@6wind.com>
>  Julien Cretin <julien.cretin@trust-in-soft.com>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index a5219926ab..563f8c56eb 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -940,8 +940,7 @@ F: drivers/net/pfe/
>  F: doc/guides/nics/features/pfe.ini
>  
>  Marvell QLogic bnx2x
> -M: Rasesh Mody <rmody@marvell.com>
> -M: Shahed Shaikh <shshaikh@marvell.com>
> +M: Julien Aube <julien_dpdk@jaube.fr>
>  T: git://dpdk.org/next/dpdk-next-net-mrvl
>  F: drivers/net/bnx2x/
>  F: doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index dcc1ca1696..6b7c644ef8 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
>    The legacy actions should be removed
>    once ``MODIFY_FIELD`` alternative is implemented in drivers.
>  
> -* net/bnx2x: Starting from DPDK 23.07, the Marvell QLogic bnx2x driver will be removed.
> -  This decision has been made to alleviate the burden of maintaining a discontinued product.
> -
>  * 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/``.
>