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 01D56A0521; Tue, 3 Nov 2020 11:50:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46673C926; Tue, 3 Nov 2020 11:50:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [216.205.24.124]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71A7FC918 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2020 11:50:22 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1604400620; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=qiQZojk9I0omoVlxaz4w+t2+apxgH6x4M24oLORNbxQ=; b=AK5RawWlTJPKjsLd7SXtWl+n1DVsv7LTGhsfqSI48xlTStAqSAvwynMUoqJDEjpvaEv/mT Ou5tqvhaCkIDBwbamM44sBxJ2mU9l1o5ap+FMKa0m04xQ3ZBq0/A6OJf/n8Ove65ISnHaa 6UfZ8KwMR8gHJqkTWSkY7RY4pENQAlA= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-225-60V7bK4-OxGSxaXZdH-gMg-1; Tue, 03 Nov 2020 05:50:19 -0500 X-MC-Unique: 60V7bK4-OxGSxaXZdH-gMg-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 43359186DD21; Tue, 3 Nov 2020 10:50:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.36.113.249] (ovpn-113-249.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.113.249]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F06D19C78; Tue, 3 Nov 2020 10:50:17 +0000 (UTC) To: Ajit Khaparde , dev@dpdk.org References: <20201026214604.35570-1-ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com> From: Kevin Traynor Message-ID: <2666facf-a764-340e-34b8-a898797421d0@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2020 10:50:16 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.3.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20201026214604.35570-1-ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.23 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=ktraynor@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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" 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. 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? Kevin.