From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 161CAA0353; Thu, 6 Aug 2020 19:14:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01F102C28; Thu, 6 Aug 2020 19:14:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from wout2-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout2-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.25]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58A042B87 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2020 19:14:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute7.internal (compute7.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D27AC6B; Thu, 6 Aug 2020 13:14:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute7.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 06 Aug 2020 13:14:34 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=fm1; bh= Y74RH5bmwO9wQm+DTEXV6aJOCALPeRUMWC2rMo1kNYo=; b=UZAxxzjM3Xpao1uw +8BaqW9mkrgUB+VI5/VtJd8hLHC7pYjXdFpgpnoUg0JPn9z+A4KVlDSmKuRwxVfA 9dv+9NBw98AIqJq2I79ncT1ZSDOz98PgowHQWSXo0joryBHNagmFbVKMd9U+Ve8P GpYcslAPOUKVkUyEvjItlQdivka4AUgfsfLB1uzIjHqkglZxytJFrcnbE5d3S83K WiqFKU007nsR1+l77HwLK7uSB7dt2Pq2AML46MFp9wwXFGfLImkrEyiHAz5aXhBA ymz0RNvWwhQzdG2wsTVq2PcyK9UueO9kn7pY5dpKV+M75PAzVRuICD8bOL6LCghB rcC8uA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=Y74RH5bmwO9wQm+DTEXV6aJOCALPeRUMWC2rMo1kN Yo=; b=ediGWkk5sBA2NThXLBik8DyeSAyFXvOtGhyBu/hfiHPZDumtzE/5uLgbH Gf6WvQ8TLqHYQty+kqONG5Ipy5iMlLLKLmGgbg4XaAZofYKpmi5XMxT6vyANYzqC iLcAyxmq6getx+7ulIDsg4CAs9c8AGzFbRd3DdN882GQSDkP0w/j34e5rGuKeTwK W9TIoGpZuKhYrDgb1SLLEpPKwB5a+EFzudERReJOF+Oo325yZKlHWuxiqOHtQVfL f5DV7JRpMED60tthJZKPu0bQ5O0D4jvxi1aiNp04ynx7LvFPwOTEsy1uGWXh08oP Z/uCTi2dxeMDlUE7b3/Vq/vx2NWFQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduiedrkedtgdduudefucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvufffkfgjfhgggfgtsehtufertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgr shcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecugg ftrfgrthhtvghrnhepudeggfdvfeduffdtfeeglefghfeukefgfffhueejtdetuedtjeeu ieeivdffgeehnecukfhppeejjedrudefgedrvddtfedrudekgeenucevlhhushhtvghruf hiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghl ohhnrdhnvght X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2A1C8328005E; Thu, 6 Aug 2020 13:14:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: dev@dpdk.org, ferruh.yigit@intel.com, bruce.richardson@intel.com Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2020 19:14:32 +0200 Message-ID: <4588346.2FVSftY9kR@thomas> In-Reply-To: <20200806100049.350139d1@hermes.lan> References: <20200604210200.25405-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <3322250.B1lPizzdER@thomas> <20200806100049.350139d1@hermes.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 20.08 1/6] doc: announce deprecation of master lcore 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" 06/08/2020 19:00, Stephen Hemminger: > On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:49:28 +0200 > Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > 30/07/2020 02:57, Stephen Hemminger: > > > Announce upcoming changes related to master/slave in reference > > > to lcore. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > > > --- > > > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ > > > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) > > > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > > index 99c98062ffc2..7c60779f3e68 100644 > > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > > @@ -148,3 +148,20 @@ Deprecation Notices > > > Python 2 support will be completely removed in 20.11. > > > In 20.08, explicit deprecation warnings will be displayed when running > > > scripts with Python 2. > > > + > > > +* eal: To be more inclusive in choice of naming, the DPDK project > > > + will replace uses of master/slave in the API's and command line arguments. > > > > nit: double space > > > + > > > + References to master/slave in relation to lcore will be renamed > > > + to initial/worker. The function ``rte_get_master_lcore()`` > > > + will be renamed to ``rte_get_initial_lcore()``. > > > + For the 20.11, release both names will be present and the > > > > nit: comma misplaced > > > > > + old function will be marked with the deprecated tag. > > > + The old function will be removed in 21.11 version. > > > + > > > + The iterator for worker lcores will also change: > > > + ``RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE`` will be replaced with > > > + ``RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_WORKER``. > > > + > > > + The ``master-lcore`` argument to testpmd will be replaced > > > + with ``initial-lcore``. > > > > It doesn't say that the old argument will be kept for compatibility in 20.11. > > Testpmd is not part of API/ABI compatibility area so it is not a hard > requirement. Not really hard, but I would say it is annoying enough to consider maintaining compatibility in testpmd for some time.