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 B6B3A42FA2; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:40:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46A4940A89; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:40:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C630A40150 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:40:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34C405C019D; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 04:40:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 31 Jul 2023 04:40:40 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm3; t= 1690792840; x=1690879240; bh=Gx5goW2GTIm8ao5zMIFWgockjcf9egfX2At lsgmyDck=; b=woxc38ycefA/nlViI/ZOTc3FBYWCOrRlsRP6k3m34JUJP85LwpO OFcmkHxBW75zrIeyH5toc3fFLzB16dofcUrPHJVof7yjZq21PHhhJAcBDsXH2Lbs p2k4z2e87ITAJmicdmGeYOC3rGpNgJtdnTd7r/vxgiCIJxChRKdCkgpzb5xYvY6S B6yXjt5kbLejXelFADcOAnT0RVctOPwTVcc3Zvt305fL22rzw0TnJax0v0A8S1ri quhrsAQl+WZWgcdtOAI2NfYNq3HYnVM0DLczdrghivapv30ASCpOaRZW5+faKSCQ +K1Hu9Aoc8BZ2xbYAddZ20YNuh+kylYJ+og== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; t= 1690792840; x=1690879240; bh=Gx5goW2GTIm8ao5zMIFWgockjcf9egfX2At lsgmyDck=; b=1BRxKLD0Am61S0n7Dcpft1PqL6Gq3ZfVCcGDUVGDC4+mxumYGnI KlkHWT5jf6DqpRF2lTDfaUwebwwtZp3ti6+PRZM78sY7K22pWnwpeRArwL6NMEfE Tmw0zvXi65RGmI6jYWHec7aAfgNMZhU9EELvcmhGTF3SUAo+3xX8lXsAh9sqoRR1 uqr5ak0epyZL6K7azq3UHlFQt5eG8zwPQ5eBXZGYbMik9W7BmA0df4QzF4qsy2E7 ITtPJTyXZtPL3JMFXPaoHFEJdgrIY7A+JySJWNL18gJXH6bF3BkQYk7SShFJ4EqZ +4a5Gkk2Conpu/wmUoTnEmi1VWBx2KjVP+Q== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedviedrjeefgddthecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpefhvfevufffkfgjfhgggfgtsehtufertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgr shcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecugg ftrfgrthhtvghrnheptdejieeifeehtdffgfdvleetueeffeehueejgfeuteeftddtieek gfekudehtdfgnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrh homhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvth X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 04:40:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Maxime Coquelin , Chenbo Xia , Anatoly Burakov , Cristian Dumitrescu , Nithin Dabilpuram , Kiran Kumar K , Sunil Kumar Kori , Satha Rao , Bruce Richardson , david.marchand@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kni: remove deprecated kernel network interface Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:40:35 +0200 Message-ID: <2655909.KRxA6XjA2N@thomas> In-Reply-To: <20230730101259.433d4067@hermes.local> References: <20230729225438.122954-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <20230730021206.6381-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <20230730101259.433d4067@hermes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 30/07/2023 19:12, Stephen Hemminger: > On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 19:12:05 -0700 > Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > Deprecation and removal was announced in 22.11. > > Make it so. Would be good to summarize the reason here, and name replacements. Also it should not be completely removed. I think we were supposed to move KNI into the kmod repository? > > Leave kernel/linux with empty directory because > > CI is trying to directly build it. At some later date, > > kernel/linux can be removed. > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > > --- > > Want suggestions on this. > 1. The release notes gets coding style warning because checkpatch > is checking that release note matches current release, and release number > hasn't change yet. Should I just wait? Yes the release notes file for 23.11 should be created today. > 2. The OVSrobot is looking into the port library to see the kni symbols. > But port is marked as deprecated already. > Perhaps we should just pull out port first? No we must support it until it is removed. You should either disable or remove KNI from the port library.