From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f47.google.com (mail-wm0-f47.google.com [74.125.82.47]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B5D95583 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2016 16:51:54 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f47.google.com with SMTP id t79so40105769wmt.0 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2016 07:51:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=c2Kf4lTU8gxGhYx36XV6JgknS8OCW7t84e/pvBwKMu0=; b=pm7yHMF8owLpoi/ZoTL7obqoZjg090n7hGohuqVZpw750V7M0gL3/Z8DiuqMm7uWBI QsDbNc535XSNVJIvRO73ohygA3aucmsTsSgne5GRmdplgJnm5mFmvBJRy/biJhRIFCDJ HpKZ3YniBydM44KpUTSc+8fqeOwLe36e0xitpxRKCZ2eCpm77/dELZu1QAfjHsQwQqPV F+cec3bgF7toT9ug9f0NYoaiEghhJQUs/c/bO3j3oogev1nWVRmAYk83xNWgcj3KwSw6 fut8Mnmd0fIUkBcAqWyXyaQ8sfqmvjxm4d/dZciOJAenoUgjt0SN4KrJUioDd+Q73Jn7 JZog== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=c2Kf4lTU8gxGhYx36XV6JgknS8OCW7t84e/pvBwKMu0=; b=WXd6I66gwx1PxEezsp2oq3sW3BXs/ZyjwoCzT0aeiaE2FuYf6lhNYIGSsLIQdd4nUX brjTv1Xc5goaWu7pR0TVtj5YZQtp5X5VXJmGcQiIAuY9G165XtgyWlgpmtujcpJxYV9b TNcBXOCls30okU/cmw94YEn50JQH1RVLZGtTHAgAHrghuuAAHDgQzXv4u69RsL5Ull5I N3LzroWAN79MnW70DqrCVLv27SUH0K/q67akU85M9oT1/BqCcukG+JiG9+AkMClzEehC MFigow3UKF0AGH3AihVfvEVSB1TLciBYFsWIP7PbPjEg87IVa6Ch7Icd0Z29EnJNdSO0 5xJQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ABUngvcT0IfS/I/Dh/cXJ1H1g8dSxUrw9G64WVpdN74geVhka7aqDAm+0hj5JnKv8ywVVyqbeS5V5kZj66O92um+ X-Received: by 10.28.169.74 with SMTP id s71mr23721612wme.1.1478793113954; Thu, 10 Nov 2016 07:51:53 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.28.188.6 with HTTP; Thu, 10 Nov 2016 07:51:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1478776678-16328-1-git-send-email-shreyansh.jain@nxp.com> References: <1478776678-16328-1-git-send-email-shreyansh.jain@nxp.com> From: David Marchand Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 16:51:33 +0100 Message-ID: To: Shreyansh Jain Cc: Neil Horman , "dev@dpdk.org" , Thomas Monjalon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce API and ABI changes for librte_eal X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:51:54 -0000 On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Shreyansh Jain wrote: > Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Jain > --- > 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