Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce API and ABI changes for librte_eal

[David Marchand <david.marchand@6wind.com>]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain@nxp.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain@nxp.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 1a9e1ae..2af2476 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -35,3 +35,13 @@ Deprecation Notices
>  * mempool: The functions for single/multi producer/consumer are deprecated
>    and will be removed in 17.02.
>    It is replaced by ``rte_mempool_generic_get/put`` functions.
> +
> +* ABI/API changes are planned for 17.02: ``rte_device``, ``rte_driver`` will be
> +  impacted because of introduction of a new ``rte_bus`` hierarchy. This would
> +  also impact the way devices are identified by EAL. A bus-device-driver model
> +  will be introduced providing a hierarchical view of devices.
> +
> +* ``eth_driver`` is planned to be removed in 17.02. This currently serves as
> +  a placeholder for PMDs to register themselves. Changes for ``rte_bus`` will
> +  provide a way to handle device initialization currently being done in
> +  ``eth_driver``.
> --
> 2.7.4
>

Acked-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@6wind.com>


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David Marchand