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 D4B7FA0032; Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:48:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7933040C35; Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:48:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-qk1-f182.google.com (mail-qk1-f182.google.com [209.85.222.182]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB00840695 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:47:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-qk1-f182.google.com with SMTP id g1so3965364qkl.9 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2022 07:47:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=B9seJPR7+YAzzolePJ9aHD1Ibn5liIb+D8qw0f6Gqq0=; b=G4bO6pkdn87h8Cy6FP66bmqp598JesVCcnPRZawXdH5JBESH6+mq0b6O4sPFtDYzA3 wxn6prO3kPitBRhrJ8kkA60no+OnpcLdEABjdy2iwJt3ao2CoCwSZbMTdlwt+k9dlTYi OW/NIPnp70qCTAoKiTZ5lHOTz6i0oiOAox8dn1FM5XsY4HiUN4xXSbXn2vThTjrnRslB FBY6bF5+Us7f4diz3his5hagtLmtxgK1PAf3+sIINNGSlgNvnt0LKunUT8FF4gv8fbN1 rL2cipq70QPHqsRn+OZuv5UQZF5z98U5Ef6rtSYdaVwVHfzonxle5R3J6kMKDYNgghZL mTvA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=B9seJPR7+YAzzolePJ9aHD1Ibn5liIb+D8qw0f6Gqq0=; b=J7BlqXvaj3z1B0roARLX4kGH8Pg8difOZLdZ4eUqW9ryyaBm+E+k7Kgbo7mYB+ElRu /WUWBHd25HOkxxmWFHeGMt4jmVfiyAxLh2av3PTU5KkyUtMz0gqEYIaxQfXZEf2Ibiwv j5REXmf9TsfxxJFW7HAuhwn0qeMMrUZD15Vb6tvxhPNcw7xnw8my0iLgYKRHSnpFwLhl 5epngycQ19WfVgoeadUorKOdolgC7rln8Udtk6FbUUty3lvQaZieXwJH9sXnXlhv5Aw6 /e0pdOQIHHyWlKqdqzP0QoDxEOro8ulKQz3kFaMG427s06PYQiQtDlb5UAvyRSiU4jn+ Zhvw== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora+3895kikbpQSft/mf7ryg82lzvyOMJCq/hpMZrHLtLkmddxsUa igDfHdyXroDrRw6nZFSOp8BnlJmD54gMW8V2viE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1ukcChoZv0bkdU3XCbtW7ujKUQxglQWgf3p93QS7rhHRHCGcR3zJw8r6eAGhvYu/3osqF8J4zZNDH+8Fk2JP4A= X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:4e7:b0:6b5:7bfc:d2ba with SMTP id b7-20020a05620a04e700b006b57bfcd2bamr4958317qkh.402.1657550879072; Mon, 11 Jul 2022 07:47:59 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210623173142.3803801-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20211124171609.3101896-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20211124171609.3101896-2-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20211124171609.3101896-2-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> From: Jerin Jacob Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 20:17:33 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] doc: announce KNI deprecation To: Ferruh Yigit Cc: Ray Kinsella , dpdk-dev , Olivier Matz Olivier Matz , David Marchand David Marchand , Stephen Hemminger Stephen Hemminger , Elad Nachman , Igor Ryzhov , Dan Gora Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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 On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 10:48 PM Ferruh Yigit wrote: > > Announce the KNI kernel module move to out of dpdk repo and announce > long term plan to deprecate the KNI. > > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit Acked-by: Jerin Jacob > --- > Cc: Olivier Matz Olivier Matz > Cc: David Marchand David Marchand > Cc: Stephen Hemminger Stephen Hemminger > Cc: Elad Nachman > Cc: Igor Ryzhov > Cc: Dan Gora > > Dates are not discussed before, the patch aims to trigger a discussion > for the dates. > --- > doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst | 2 ++ > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > index f5a8b7c0782c..d1c5ccd0851d 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Kernel NIC Interface > ==================== > > .. Note:: > + KNI kernel module will be moved from main git repository to `dpdk-kmods `_ repository. > + There is a long term plan to deprecate the KNI. See :doc:`../rel_notes/deprecation` > > :ref:`virtio_user_as_exceptional_path` alternative is the preferred way for > interfacing with the Linux network stack as it is an in-kernel solution and > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 2262b8de6093..f20852504319 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ Deprecation Notices > in the header will not be considered as ABI anymore. This change is inspired > by the RFC https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=17176. > > +* kni: KNI kernel module will be moved to `dpdk-kmods `_ > + repository by the `DPDK technical board decision > + `_, on v22.11. > +* kni: will be depreciated, will remove all kni lib, kernel module and example code > + on v23.11. > + > * lib: will fix extending some enum/define breaking the ABI. There are multiple > samples in DPDK that enum/define terminated with a ``.*MAX.*`` value which is > used by iterators, and arrays holding these values are sized with this > -- > 2.31.1 >