Re: [PATCH v2] doc: announce transition to vDPA device name function

[Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>]

On 7/12/22 15:36, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> There is a layer violation in the vDPA API for getting the device name.
> Instead of providing the name at vDPA level,
> a function returns the low-level device object.
> The plan is to introduce a new function in 22.11, promote in 23.07,
> and remove rte_vdpa_get_rte_device() in 23.11.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> ---
> v2: one year passed, update with a new plan
>      v1 was proposing a close function, only device name is needed
> ---
>   doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 +++++++
>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 4e5b23c53d..0f7fefbf6a 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ Deprecation Notices
>     alternative is implemented.
>     The legacy actions should be removed in DPDK 22.11.
>   
> +* vdpa: The vDPA API should not try to manipulate or export
> +  any ``rte_device`` object, which belongs to the bus layer.
> +  The function ``rte_vdpa_get_rte_device()`` will be deprecated in 23.07,
> +  when its usage will be replaced with ``rte_vdpa_get_device_name()``.
> +  The new function should enter in 22.11 and get promoted to stable in 23.07.
> +  The target is to remove ``rte_vdpa_get_rte_device()`` in 23.11.
> +
>   * cryptodev: Hide structures ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session`` and
>     ``rte_cryptodev_asym_session`` to remove unnecessary indirection between
>     session and the private data of session. An opaque pointer can be exposed

Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>

Thanks,
Maxime