[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/15] devargs: deprecate enum rte_devtype based functions

[Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org>]

The enum rte_devtype will need to get extended every time we add a bus.
Mark all related functions as deprecated for 17.11.

Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst        | 7 +++++++
 lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 257dcba32..0c763d522 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -64,3 +64,10 @@ Deprecation Notices
   be removed in 17.11:
 
   - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
+
+* devargs: An API/ABI change is planed for 17.11 for ``struct rte_devargs`` to
+  remove ``enum rte_devtype`` so that starting from 17.08 the following
+  functions are deprecated:
+
+  - ``rte_eal_devargs_add``
+  - ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
index 62dd67bff..41db817cc 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <rte_bus.h>
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated
  * Type of generic device
  */
 enum rte_devtype {
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ rte_eal_devargs_parse(const char *dev,
 		      struct rte_devargs *da);
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated
  * Add a device to the user device list
  *
  * For PCI devices, the format of arguments string is "PCI_ADDR" or
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ rte_eal_devargs_parse(const char *dev,
 int rte_eal_devargs_add(enum rte_devtype devtype, const char *devargs_str);
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated
  * Count the number of user devices of a specified type
  *
  * @param devtype
-- 
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