From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B53B42F46; Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:18:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0CC140A7F; Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:18:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from linux.microsoft.com (linux.microsoft.com [13.77.154.182]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE2AD40697; Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:18:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: by linux.microsoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1086) id 166582370D96; Tue, 25 Jul 2023 07:18:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 linux.microsoft.com 166582370D96 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.microsoft.com; s=default; t=1690294725; bh=Q00hBB8FN5E1ISQSPcqF+nZq1yDl6SI1NIFvjFTDBMY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=mr33+5mjfw3oCEZbCKmvfx9t1u3h2aJnRXuLKYHJfXYl3TfNg+WUM9jFeK4bc4sAz 7823M8AtDlIhk/j2G40Cp3R/A39CrVwKT3EHv2+LFgPDB9k7pdvqINttOfsPHJFHkG KCALhqAj3LVEb8STxm8camrPBnZKgug9OLzdFS2g= Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 07:18:45 -0700 From: Tyler Retzlaff To: Ferruh Yigit Cc: Sivaprasad Tummala , dev@dpdk.org, bruce.richardson@intel.com, david.marchand@redhat.com, thomas@monjalon.net, "techboard@dpdk.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: announce deprecation of RTE_CPUFLAG_NUMFLAGS Message-ID: <20230725141845.GA3689@linuxonhyperv3.guj3yctzbm1etfxqx2vob5hsef.xx.internal.cloudapp.net> References: <20230712101842.595809-1-sivaprasad.tummala@amd.com> <9a3e841e-9b98-2220-5a65-fea1c184053f@amd.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9a3e841e-9b98-2220-5a65-fea1c184053f@amd.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 09:39:15AM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 7/12/2023 11:18 AM, Sivaprasad Tummala wrote: > > To allow new cpu features to be added without ABI breakage, > > RTE_CPUFLAG_NUMFLAGS will be removed in DPDK 23.11 release. > > > > Signed-off-by: Sivaprasad Tummala > > --- > > 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 8e1cdd677a..92db59d9c2 100644 > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ Deprecation Notices > > the replacement API rte_thread_set_name and rte_thread_create_control being > > marked as stable, and planned to be removed by the 23.11 release. > > > > +* eal: RTE_CPUFLAG_NUMFLAGS will be removed in DPDK 23.11 release. This is > > + to allow new cpu features to be added without ABI breakage. > > + > > * rte_atomicNN_xxx: These APIs do not take memory order parameter. This does > > not allow for writing optimized code for all the CPU architectures supported > > in DPDK. DPDK has adopted the atomic operations from > > +techboard, > > Request for review/ack, patch is to remove ABI restriction to add new > CPU flags. Acked-by: Tyler Retzlaff