From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F849BD2A for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2017 11:52:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga005.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.32]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 07 Feb 2017 02:52:49 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.33,346,1477983600"; d="scan'208";a="62108131" Received: from fyigit-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.237.220.137]) ([10.237.220.137]) by fmsmga005.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 07 Feb 2017 02:52:48 -0800 To: dev@dpdk.org References: <20161117132721.13106-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> From: Ferruh Yigit Message-ID: Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 10:52:48 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20161117132721.13106-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce kni_vhost removal X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:52:50 -0000 On 11/17/2016 1:27 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit > --- > 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 eb16e2e..4f25595 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > @@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ This provides flexibility in multiprocess scenarios > (where the KNI is created in the primary process but the callbacks are handled in the secondary one). > The constraint is that a single process can register and handle the requests. > > +.. _kni_vhost_backend-label: > + > KNI Working as a Kernel vHost Backend > ------------------------------------- > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 2d17bc6..956473a 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -71,3 +71,9 @@ 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. > + > +* kni: Remove :ref:`kni_vhost_backend-label` feature (KNI_VHOST) in 17.05 release. > + :doc:`Vhost Library ` is currently preferred method for > + guest - host communication. Just for clarification, this is not to remove KNI > + or VHOST feature, but KNI_VHOST which is a KNI feature enabled via a compile > + time option, and disabled by default. > Reminder for this patch. Thanks, ferruh