From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3E67A04B1; Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:16:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91E46FFA; Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:16:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B64A823D for ; Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:15:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 241F25C00D0; Sun, 22 Nov 2020 15:15:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 22 Nov 2020 15:15:57 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=fm2; bh= SGaMHzuXv1gQSwM/8Go9fSmltq25cemiIWAVlkUIJGs=; b=V4Btlnt4Z8bNZYO4 HG3IWTiIf6qr0t3GonyGN7g0JCGxJ7OOUOJZ6fSKzmvNAYI4T07ZRU3Ib/Xl4knA 8j0LUJS4RABiEP94jP6TCKy12at0jPDQm+PaMUBXTguPzKwxTJPvBnBUZOsoQJam X0AzGvaNVRHEK30ODMQSlm4iu6hQTwufwxwZeT8pgKBFmqUdJoOJegVh0uuxTUXd Yy325cNyGmAz5gsjLFD9AKSOfTaiz5hnv6KfBBELre8Gi+FHfP8re3xAtCv+27cK LR2sYCVyp1HT78DfTbX6i1WDNPk6IQDoO/QScvnCwd7qkVdwX98DS/1N2QrayKxX zQfkmg== 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-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=SGaMHzuXv1gQSwM/8Go9fSmltq25cemiIWAVlkUIJ Gs=; b=LyP2vdVuNTZWmhRYOgWtI5MiHutM+zPlzHO8nX9f1JfxJbTyJJFwBhRN1 1kGP5zDS5TMT1nsJj7plp/4CYuUugl7yBjpEEWfgzSqBKJToz6SLe+jf8ayeuPBZ ltw1csmZaiASZvpAZU9EzUbBEc4zYCReb4gnEuxphjfE49yn2mq8FdPd5vxcpKl1 v5VLxZ2FwpveVEwQbrm1gf0u8Pf+376tcNSLNzxPZ711RlBQ0Cvx6Q6oZbivjC5f 4fPWK4jGNJwkB/VGiSoYUc6vOiNv1BG0eBDcFaLdV9O3esFEveaAMyZ94lFD4jcM BRPhhcEHrVSib9diOhJ+OoAGviw9w== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrudeggedgudefjecutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfgh necuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmd enucfjughrpefhvffufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhm rghsucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenuc ggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpedugefgvdefudfftdefgeelgffhueekgfffhfeujedtteeutdej ueeiiedvffegheenucfkphepjeejrddufeegrddvtdefrddukeegnecuvehluhhsthgvrh fuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgr lhhonhdrnhgvth X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2A66E3064AAE; Sun, 22 Nov 2020 15:15:53 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Ajit Khaparde Cc: dev@dpdk.org, bruce.richardson@intel.com, ferruh.yigit@intel.com, jerinj@marvell.com, hemant.agrawal@nxp.com, david.marchand@redhat.com, honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com, ktraynor@redhat.com Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:15:50 +0100 Message-ID: <2554161.uxYnmSoOKH@thomas> In-Reply-To: References: <20201026214604.35570-1-ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce end of support for some Broadcom devices 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 20/11/2020 18:30, Ajit Khaparde: > On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 12:59 PM Ajit Khaparde > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 11:22 AM Kevin Traynor wrote: > >> > >> On 03/11/2020 17:26, Ajit Khaparde wrote: > >> > On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 2:50 AM Kevin Traynor wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hi Ajit, > >> >> > >> >> On 26/10/2020 21:46, Ajit Khaparde wrote: > >> >>> Devices belonging to BCM573xx and BCM5740x family will not be supported > >> >>> from the 21.02 release. > >> >>> > >> >>> Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde > >> >>> --- > >> >>> 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 2e082499b8..f1fce4210d 100644 > >> >>> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > >> >>> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > >> >>> @@ -166,3 +166,9 @@ Deprecation Notices > >> >>> ``make``. Given environments are too much variables for such a simple script, > >> >>> it will be removed in DPDK 20.11. > >> >>> Some useful parts may be converted into specific scripts. > >> >>> + > >> >>> +* Broadcom bnxt PMD: NetXtreme devices belonging to the ``BCM573xx and > >> >>> + BCM5740x`` families will no longer be supported as of DPDK 21.02. > >> >>> + Specifically the support for the following Broadcom PCI ids will be removed > >> >>> + from the release: ``0x16c8, 0x16c9, 0x16ca, 0x16ce, 0x16cf, 0x16df,`` > >> >>> + ``0x16d0, 0x16d1, 0x16d2, 0x16d4, 0x16d5, 0x16e7, 0x16e8, 0x16e9``. > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> It might be worth adding to the bnxt.rst section about these NICs, as > >> >> there is no hint that they are deprecated for a user reading that. > >> > Thanks Kevin. > >> > I will add that when the support is really removed. > >> > > >> > Since the deprecation is not really planned for 20.11 I think it is not really > >> > needed for now? > >> > > >> > >> Ok, it's the correct section for it, so I won't argue. > >> > >> >> > >> >> Where I'm not clear is about 20.11. It will be an LTS, will they be > >> >> supported for the lifetime of 20.11 on the 20.11 branch? > >> > 20.11 will have the support. The deprecation is planned for 21.02. > >> > > >> > >> Right, I'm just concerned about it getting broken in say 20.11.2 because > >> of backports to the driver. Once it's in 20.11, it should continue to > >> work in 20.11.x releases which will be for 2 years. > > > > Yes. Thanks. We will keep the lights on for the LTS releases. > > > >> > >> > >> Anyway, that is a side issue to this patch for deprecation, so, > >> > >> Acked-by: Kevin Traynor > > Thomas, Can you please pick this? Thanks Usually we wait for 3 acks for deprecation. It has been discussed in the techboard, so I prefer getting some acks reflecting the discussion, please.