Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce common prefix for ethdev

[Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 7:28 PM Andrew Rybchenko
<andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru> wrote:
>
> On 6/30/21 12:21 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> > Announce adding 'RTE_ETH_' prefix to all public ethdev macros/enums on
> > v21.11.
> > Backward compatibility macros will be added on v21.11 and they will be
> > removed on v22.11.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> > ---
> > Cc: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
> > Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > Cc: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Qi Z Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>
> > Cc: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com>
> > Cc: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
> > Cc: Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>
> > ---
> >   doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
> >   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > index 9584d6bfd723..ae79673e37e3 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > @@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
> >     consistent with existing outer header checksum status flag naming, which
> >     should help in reducing confusion about its usage.
> >
> > +* ethdev: Will add 'RTE_ETH_' prefix to all ethdev macros/enums in v21.11. Macros
> > +  will be added for backward compatibility. Backward compatibility macros will be
> > +  removed on v22.11. A few old backward compatibility macros from 2013 that does
> > +  not have proper prefix will be removed on v21.11.
> > +
> >   * i40e: As there are both i40evf and iavf pmd, the functions of them are
> >     duplicated. And now more and more advanced features are developed on iavf.
> >     To keep consistent with kernel driver's name
> >
>
> Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>