From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by dpdk.space (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A242A0096 for ; Thu, 9 May 2019 20:53:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A6B737B7; Thu, 9 May 2019 20:53:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACBD62C18 for ; Thu, 9 May 2019 20:53:26 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga001.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.18]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 09 May 2019 11:53:25 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 Received: from txasoft-yocto.an.intel.com ([10.123.72.192]) by orsmga001.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 09 May 2019 11:53:24 -0700 From: Erik Gabriel Carrillo To: thomas@monjalon.net Cc: stephen@networkplumber.org, david.marchand@redhat.com, anatoly.burakov@intel.com, bruce.richardson@intel.com, mdr@ashroe.eu, dev@dpdk.org Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 13:51:45 -0500 Message-Id: <1557427905-13766-1-git-send-email-erik.g.carrillo@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.10 In-Reply-To: <1557355686-4216-1-git-send-email-erik.g.carrillo@intel.com> References: <1557355686-4216-1-git-send-email-erik.g.carrillo@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: add deprecation notice on EAL mem config 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <20190509185145.0xFfFdA-NTrwfxSWvkSLNa1D5KYp5ePMsDKafVYT-EA@z> It is planned to make the rte_mem_config struct of the EAL private to remove it from the visible ABI. Add a notice to announce the intention. Signed-off-by: Erik Gabriel Carrillo --- changes in v2: - Original deprecation notice announced a change to the rte_mem_config struct that would break ABI. Update the notice to instead announce the struct will be made private. (Stephen, Anatoly, David) doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index b47c8c2..a7dff6b 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Deprecation Notices + ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count`` +* eal: the ``rte_mem_config`` struct will be made private to remove it from the + externally visible ABI and allow it to be updated in the future. + * vfio: removal of ``rte_vfio_dma_map`` and ``rte_vfio_dma_unmap`` APIs which have been replaced with ``rte_dev_dma_map`` and ``rte_dev_dma_unmap`` functions. The due date for the removal targets DPDK 20.02. -- 2.6.4