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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
	Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 09/11] doc: add note about blacklist/whitelist changes
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 22:39:17 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200714053919.5609-10-stephen@networkplumber.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200714053919.5609-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>

The blacklist/whitelist changes to API will not be a breaking
change for applications in this release but worth adding a note
to encourage migration.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
index f19b748728e4..b9509f657b30 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
@@ -261,6 +261,12 @@ API Changes
 * vhost: The API of ``rte_vhost_host_notifier_ctrl`` was changed to be per
   queue and not per device, a qid parameter was added to the arguments list.
 
+* eal: The definitions related to including and excluding devices
+  has been changed from blacklist/whitelist to include/exclude.
+  There are compatiablity macros and command line mapping to accept
+  the old values but applications and scripts are strongly encouraged
+  to migrate to the new names.
+
 
 ABI Changes
 -----------
-- 
2.26.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-07-14  5:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-13  0:00 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/10] rename blacklist/whitelist to block/allow Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-13  0:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 01/10] rte_ethdev: change comment to rte_dev_eth_mac_addr_add Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-13  0:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 02/10] mk: replace reference to blacklist/whitelist Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-13  0:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 03/10] check_maintainers: change variable names Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-10 17:01   ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-06-13  0:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 04/10] eal: replace usage of blacklist/whitelist in enum Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-13  0:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 05/10] drivers: replace references to blacklist Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-15  6:32   ` Hemant Agrawal
2020-06-13  0:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 06/10] eal: replace pci-whitelist/pci-blacklist options Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-13  0:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 07/10] doc: replace references to blacklist/whitelist Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-13  0:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 08/10] app/test: use new allowlist and blocklist Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-13  0:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 09/10] doc: add note about blacklist/whitelist changes Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-13  0:00 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 10/10] eal: mark old macros for blacklist/whitelist as deprecated Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-17 12:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/10] rename blacklist/whitelist to block/allow Mcnamara, John
2020-07-10 15:06 ` David Marchand
2020-07-14  4:43   ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-14  5:33   ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 10:01     ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-techboard] " Thomas Monjalon
2020-09-22 14:28       ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-09-22 16:16         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-09-22 16:18           ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-09-22 17:12           ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-14  5:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/11] rename blacklist/whitelist to exclude/include Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-14  5:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 01/11] rte_ethdev: change comment to rte_dev_eth_mac_addr_add Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-14  5:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 02/11] mk: replace reference to blacklist/whitelist Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-14  5:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 03/11] check_maintainers: change variable names Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-14  5:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 04/11] eal: replace usage of blacklist/whitelist in enum Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-14  5:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 05/11] drivers: replace references to blacklist Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-14  5:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 06/11] eal: replace pci-whitelist/pci-blacklist options Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-14  5:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 07/11] doc: replace references to blacklist/whitelist Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-14  5:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 08/11] app/test: use new allowlist and blocklist Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-14  5:39   ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2020-07-14  5:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 10/11] eal: mark old macros for blacklist/whitelist as deprecated Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-14  5:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 11/11] doc: update examples to new config options Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-14  6:05   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/11] rename blacklist/whitelist to exclude/include Stephen Hemminger

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