Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce changes to eventdev library

["Mattias Rönnblom" <mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com>]

On 2021-08-03 06:12, Jerin Jacob wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 2:46 AM <pbhagavatula@marvell.com> wrote:
>> From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
>>
>> Make driver layer as internal, remove unnecessary rte_ prefix for
>> structures and functions that are not a part of public API.
>> Promote experimental trace and vector APIs to stable.
>> Add reserved field to `rte_event_timer` structure.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
>
>
> ++ Eventdev driver Maintainers.
>
> This list is based on items identified for 21.11 ABI improvement at
> https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=bb3a87ff-e4a1bf2d-bb3ac764-866132fe445e-d427d33ed389149e&q=1&e=db41f48a-6628-48aa-93d1-3190b8a53257&u=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F1betlC000ua5SsSiJIcC54mCCCJnW6voH5Dqv9UxeyfE%2Fedit%23gid%3D0
>

Acked-by: Mattias Rönnblom <mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com>


>> ---
>>   v2 Changes:
>>   - Fix build issues.
>>
>>   doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 11 +++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> index d9c0e65921..6ac321eb1e 100644
>> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> @@ -158,3 +158,14 @@ Deprecation Notices
>>   * security: The functions ``rte_security_set_pkt_metadata`` and
>>     ``rte_security_get_userdata`` will be made inline functions and additional
>>     flags will be added in structure ``rte_security_ctx`` in DPDK 21.11.
>> +
>> +* eventdev: The file ``rte_eventdev_pmd.h`` will be renamed to ``eventdev_driver.h``
>> +  to make the driver interface as internal and the structures ``rte_eventdev_data``,
>> +  ``rte_eventdev`` and ``rte_eventdevs`` will be moved to a new file named
>> +  ``rte_eventdev_core.h`` in DPDK 21.11.
>> +  The ``rte_`` prefix for internal structures and functions will be removed across the
>> +  library.
>> +  The experimental eventdev trace APIs and ``rte_event_vector_pool_create``,
>> +  ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_vector_limits_get`` will be promoted to stable.
>> +  An 8byte reserved field will be added to the structure ``rte_event_timer`` to
>> +  support future extensions.
>> --
>> 2.17.1
>>